Liz Kelch, criminal justice policy director, and Ben Peterson, director of research at the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ), presented the annual DUI report prepared under statutory authority. The report covers fiscal data July 2024–June 2025 (with calendar‑year 2024 crash/fatality details) and is assembled from court and justice‑system records.

Key highlights: there were 10,923 DUI‑related arrests in FY25—down roughly 5% from FY24—and an arrest rate of 31.1 per 10,000 population, the lowest in the multi‑decade series. Among arrestees, 74% were male and 35% were aged 25–36; 77% were first‑time arrestees and repeat offenders comprised 23% of arrests. CCJJ also reported that the share of extremely high BAC readings (0.15 and up) has fallen since 2018 from higher levels to about 36% of reported BACs in the last year. Report authors noted data limitations from incomplete BAC reporting (roughly half of arrests lacked reported BAC values due to lab backlog and reporting delays) and said new data collection requirements from H.B. 436 (impaired driving amendments) will bring additional law‑enforcement fields into reporting starting Jan. 2026.

Lawmakers asked whether arrests are a good proxy for prevalence of impaired driving; CCJJ staff said arrest and fatality rates are imperfect proxies but show sustained long‑term declines, and staff offered to follow up with additional breakdowns (sanctions, license suspensions, prison admissions for vehicle homicide) on request. The committee thanked CCJJ for the report and requested additional data where appropriate.