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Senate 'circles' automobile-homicide bill after concerns about drug-impaired language
Summary
Senators declined to concur with House amendments to first substitute Senate Bill 7 and moved to 'circle' the bill after prosecutors' groups and members raised legal and policy concerns about removing language enabling prosecution of drug-impaired drivers who cause fatalities.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 paused action on first substitute Senate Bill 7, an automobile-homicide measure, after members voiced concern that House amendments removed language that prosecutors sought to allow prosecution of drug-impaired drivers whose negligent driving causes death.
Senator Walker, sponsor of SB7, told the chamber the House amendments had substantially narrowed the measure. "They basically gutted the bill," he said, while adding he…
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