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House advances DUI package: bills drop breath-test limit, clarify repeat offenses and standardize DUI records
Summary
The House approved a package of DUI-related measures to remove a 2-hour testing limit (HB 16), make a third DUI a felony regardless of timing (HB 17), and standardize court records for DUI cases (HB 18); HB 16 and HB 17 passed unanimously and were referred to the Senate.
The Utah House moved forward a multipiece package of DUI legislation on the floor, passing two bills unanimously and reporting a third. Representative Ray sponsored HB 16 to eliminate a statutory 2-hour limit on blood or breath testing in serious offenses; proponents said the limit can prevent testing in some prosecutions and that removing it aligns procedures across homicide and other DUI-related offenses. "What this bill primarily does is it removes…
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