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Stevenson High youth group asks Vernon Hills to support lowering BAC to 0.05
Summary
Members of the Catalyst Coalition, a Stevenson High School youth substance‑use prevention group, asked the Village Board to submit a witness slip in support of Illinois House Bill 4333 to lower the legal blood‑alcohol concentration from 0.08 to 0.05, citing safety data and outside organizational support.
Yana Milpani, a Vernon Hills resident and president of the Catalyst Coalition, told the board the group had prepared testimony asking the village to submit a witness slip in support of Illinois House Bill 4333, which the presenters described as lowering the statutory blood‑alcohol concentration for impaired driving from 0.08 to 0.05.
Milpani said the group, based at Stevenson High School, had met with trustees and legislators and prepared policy recommendations. A student presenter summarized the bill’s effect: “The goal of this bill is to reduce that to 0.05,” and noted that sponsors and supporters cited studies showing reductions in fatal crashes where similar limits were adopted. The students named supporting organizations, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Uber, and said Utah’s reduction to 0.05 coincided with a decline in fatal crashes in that state.
President Cook said he would contact the village’s state representative to discuss the request. The board did not take a formal vote on the witness slip during the March 16 meeting.
Procedural note: presenters said Representative Dedich (sponsor spelling in the transcript varied) and other legislators had been contacted; the village president said he would follow up with the representative’s office.
