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Senate advances bill expanding deferred‑prosecution options for low‑level traffic offenses
Summary
Sponsor said HB192 broadens last year’s deferred‑prosecution program to include more moving violations and requires citations include a link to the program; a senator raised the possibility of removing an age limit for younger drivers and the sponsor said he would consider a third‑reading amendment. The bill advanced to third with a recorded vote in the transcript.
Senator Cullimore presented first substitute House Bill 192 as an expansion of last year’s deferred‑prosecution program (originally enacted in HB139) to reduce burdens on prosecutors and judges and to lower court backlogs for certain traffic offenses.
The bill extends the deferred prosecution option to additional groups — including people with a prior moving violation in the last 24 months and those who committed speed violations between 20 and 30 mph in qualifying circumstances — while excluding individuals charged with reckless driving or…
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