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Senate advances DUI amendments clarifying 10-year look-back, expands interlock and fee changes
Summary
Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Senator Walker, clarifies the 10-year look-back for felony DUI, requires ignition interlock for alcohol-restricted driver convictions (with exceptions), and raises certain license reinstatement fees by $10 to support Driver License Division staffing; senators raised concerns about administrative hearing timing and license-suspension consequences.
Senate Bill 4, a set of amendments to Utah's DUI-related laws, was presented by Senator Walker and advanced on the Senate floor for third reading. The sponsor said the bill clarifies the 10-year look-back period used to determine whether a current DUI becomes a felony and adds procedural and administrative clarifications intended to make enforcement and hearings consistent.
Key provisions described by the sponsor include clarifying that a current charge becomes a felony when the defendant has two or more prior convictions within 10 years of the current conviction or of the…
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