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House passes amendments to impaired-driving laws, creates task force on processing and implied consent
Summary
The House amended and ordered third reading of H.44 to make technical corrections, align civil and criminal standards for BAC thresholds, require reporting to the DMV, create criminal liability for warrant-ordered blood refusals in some cases, and establish an impaired-driving processing task force.
The House adopted committee amendments and ordered third reading of House Bill 44 on Feb. 18, 2025. H.44 makes several changes to Vermont’s impaired-driving statutes, closes reporting gaps between family court and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, clarifies when criminal and civil charges may be brought, and creates a task force to study processing and implied-consent procedures.
"This bill proposes to make a variety of changes to the impaired driving laws, including technical corrections, closing loopholes to ensure that the Department of Motor Vehicles is notified of license suspensions, and creating proportionate accountability for noncompliance to warrant based blood draws among others," said Representative Goodnow, speaking for the House Judiciary Committee.
Key statutory changes described on the floor include amendments to portions of Title 23 and Title 33 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated: technical amendments to the family…
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