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Senate advances conditional license scheme for repeat DUI offenders, then tables on fiscal grounds
Summary
House Bill 10 — a conditional-license scheme requiring 0.0% BAC for repeat DUI offenders with specified durations — cleared a second-reading vote but was later placed on the third-reading table because of a fiscal note exceeding $10,000.
The Senate took up House Bill 10, a measure establishing conditional licenses for people convicted of driving under the influence.
Under the bill sponsors described on the floor, a first-conviction repeat offender would receive a two‑year conditional license conditioned on maintaining a 0.0% blood‑alcohol level; a second-conviction offender could receive a six‑year conditional license (the six‑year figure reflects database retention limits cited on the floor). Sponsors cited Maine’s experience with conditional licensing and statistics supporting a reduction in fatal crashes among convicted offenders.
The Senate approved the measure on the stated roll call (25 ayes, 0 nays, 4 absent) to send it forward for third reading. Separately, the body later noted the bill carried a fiscal note in excess of $10,000; members then moved to place House Bill 10 on the third‑reading table for later consideration, and that procedural motion carried.
