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Committee advances tougher penalties and incentives to stop after crashes involving death or injury
Summary
Lawmakers approved a third substitute to HB 423 aligning DUI and hit-and-run penalties so drivers who injure or kill someone while impaired are not incentivized to flee; family members of victims gave emotional testimony urging passage.
Salt Lake City — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to favorably recommend a third substitute to House Bill 423, which seeks to remove a statutory incentive to flee after collisions that injure or kill people when impairment is involved.
Representative Ashlee Eliason, sponsor of the substitute, said the current code creates a perverse incentive for impaired drivers to avoid immediate testing and thus avoid…
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