House unanimously passes DUI implied-consent clarification (SB85)
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Summary
Senate Bill 85 clarified notice and evidence rules related to implied consent and breath-test refusals; Representative Adair said the measure closes a loophole and the House passed it 66–0.
The Utah House unanimously approved Senate Bill 85, described on the floor as amendments to DUI and implied-consent procedures intended to clarify how refusal evidence is handled and to ensure motorists receive adequate notice of consequences.
Representative Adair presented the bill, saying that when the implied-consent law was first passed "the legislator wanted to make sure that if we're going to take away a driver's license ... for refusing to take a breath test, that way, we give them plenty of notice." He said SB85 "clarifies it and and closes a loophole."
After a brief opportunity for questions and no recorded opposition, the clerk announced the bill's passage: "foregoing Senate bill 85, having received 66 affirmative and no negative votes, passed ... this body." The passage was entered in the session record for March 1993.
The House did not record amendments to the bill during floor consideration. The sponsor characterized the change as clarifying existing implied-consent procedures and the removal of an identified loophole rather than a substantive expansion of penalties.