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Senate committees direct working group to study lowering legal blood‑alcohol limit to 0.05

Senate Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts · April 2, 2025

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Summary

SCR 181 and SR 151 were passed with amendments to create a working group to examine lowering Hawaii’s legal BAC limit from 0.08 to 0.05; the group will analyze state data on fatalities, economic effects on hospitality businesses, and invite prosecutors, public defenders and the NTSB to participate.

Joint committees voted to pass SCR 181 and SR 151, measures asking the Department of Transportation to establish a working group to study lowering the state’s legal blood‑alcohol concentration (BAC) limit from 0.08 to 0.05.

Rick Collins of the Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance, a project of the Hawaii Public Health Institute, testified in support…

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