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Committee advances bill to allow limited ignition-interlock licenses for some aggravated-homicide-by-vehicle convictions
Summary
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee on Jan. 24 advanced Senate File 71, a bill that would allow some people convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle to obtain an ignition-interlock restricted driver’s license after completing the statutory revocation period.
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee on Jan. 24 advanced Senate File 71, a measure that would permit people convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle to obtain an ignition-interlock restricted license after completing the statutory period of revocation.
Sponsor Senator Brennan said the bill is “really a criminal justice reform bill,” and summarized the proposed change as authorizing “persons convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle to be issued an ignition interlock restricted license” after the revocation period ends. She told the committee the bill corrects a 2019 drafting change that, in practice, prevented some people who blew 0.15 blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) or greater from ever obtaining a restricted interlock license.
Misty Zimmerman,…
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