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House adopts DUI reform package after emotional floor debate citing local fatalities
Summary
House substitute H.B.395, a package of DUI‑related changes including expanded wrong‑way driver language, indigent fee waivers for monitoring programs, interlock timing, and pretrial detention authority in multiple‑DUI cases, passed unanimously on floor debate emphasizing public safety and victim stories.
The Utah House adopted a force‑substitute to H.B.395 on Feb. 21 that revises impaired‑driving statutes, enhances certain sentencing considerations and expands access to monitoring programs.
Representative Eliason, presenting the substitute, described the bill as a response to rising DUI incidents and recounted the death of a 13‑year‑old,…
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