Defender General says S.203 is mainly a timing convenience for DUI prior-counts

Apr 1, 2026

Matt Valerio, Defender General, told the House Judiciary Committee that S.203 would change the 20‑year lookback for DUI priors from a conviction-based to an incident-based measure, calling the change a technical convenience rather than a substantive policy shift and urging practitioners be notified.

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Matt Valerio, Defender General, told the House Judiciary Committee on April 1 that proposed S.203 would alter how the 20‑year period for prior DUI-related convictions is calculated, shifting it from conviction-to-conviction to incident-to-incident.

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