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House approves DUI chemical-test revisions after floor exchanges about tests and rights
Summary
House Bill 128, revising implied-consent procedures and administrative license sanctions, passed the House after floor questions clarified that officers may require tests offered on scene and that privately requested tests must not delay the officer's test.
House Bill 128 was presented as a set of revisions to DUI procedures intended to strengthen implied-consent enforcement and increase administrative license sanctions for test refusal. Representative Adair explained the bill makes clear that an operator in the city of Utah is considered to have given consent for chemical testing and seeks to extend certain licence suspensions in repeat cases (SEG 705–715).
Floor members raised procedural and rights concerns.…
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