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Committee hears technical fix to let prosecutors "stack" pending DUI offenses
Summary
County attorneys and law‑enforcement witnesses told the committee HB 6 26 closes a loophole that treats multiple pending DUIs as separate first offenses; proponents said it’s a technical correction to escalate penalties for repeat dangerous drivers, while lawmakers asked about deferred‑prosecution and cross‑reference impacts.
Representative Bill Mercer opened House Bill 6 26 as a narrowly targeted fix intended to allow prosecutors to treat closely timed pending DUI arrests as successive offenses, giving courts and prosecutors tools to escalate charges for repeat high‑risk drivers. "This bill deals with the problem of stacking ... DUIs," Mercer said, describing the statutory inconsistency that treats DUI sentencing differently from other repeat‑offense…
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