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Committee concurs with 'Bobby's Law' to add mandatory minimum for aggravated DUI homicide
Summary
Senate Finance and Claims concurred with House Bill 267 ("Bobby's Law"), which creates a three‑year mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated vehicular homicide involving a blood‑alcohol content of 0.16 or higher when the offense causes death; DOT and law‑enforcement groups supported the bill and family testimony highlighted fatality statistics.
The Senate Finance and Claims Committee concurred with House Bill 267, commonly referred to in testimony as "Bobby's Law," to impose a three‑year mandatory minimum for aggravated vehicular homicide when a driver operating at or above 0.16 blood alcohol concentration causes a death.
Representative Braxton Mitchell, the bill sponsor, framed the proposal…
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