State Driving Law Legislation

Description of Bill: Driving under the influence, prior convictions defined for purposes of second or subsequent offenses, mandatory minimum imprisonment increased for fourth or subsequent offenses, penalties for offenders with .15 percent alcohol increased, fines within certain periods to conform, Sec. 32-5A-191 am’d.
Summary : Under existing law, there are no additional penalties for driving under [...]

Tennessee has a number of DUI related legislative bills pending. The bills listed below represent a few of the bills that will be considered in 2010.
Tennessee Senate Bill 2965 / House Bill 2768
The summary below was taken from the State of Tennessee Legislative website. It is not a complete summary, but summarizes potential changes to [...]

Two new Michigan DUI bills are being considered  2010. According to the summaries SB 794 would create a three year sobriety court pilot project beginning in January of 2011 and change ignition interlock requirements in relation to the number of offenses committed by an individual. SB 795 addresses license restrictions for DUI violators that have [...]

Two of the three states without ignition interlock device laws have interlock legislation that is being considered in 2010.  If this legislation is signed into law, South Dakota would be the only state without an ignition interlock laws.
The two bills in Alabama are Alabama Senate Bill 53, and Alabama House Bill 322.
Alabama Senate Bill 53 [...]

Senate File 19 passed the House on Friday, February26th. The Bill now moves on to the Governor for consideration.
The State of Wyoming legislature is moving on Senate File 19.
The bill has already been approved by the Senate and is now making it’s way through the House.
If the bill becomes law, it would make it illegal [...]

Among the DUI Legislation in Virginia is House Bill 1197.
If the new bill were to become law, it would require, as a prerequisite for a restricted license for a driver to have an ignition interlock device installed.
See below for a modified excerpt of the bill.
As a condition of a restricted license or as a condition [...]

Alabama House Bill 322 – Recently passed by Public Safety, the House of Origin
The bill relates to DUI and Ignition Interlock Devices – Motor vehicles, driving under the influence, penalties to include mandatory use of ignition interlock device under certain conditions, Forensic Sciences Department to approve devices, Public Safety Department to issue restricted driver’s license, [...]

Both of these bills have made it through the Senate and have now moved on to the House Judiciary Committee
Indiana – Senate Bill 221 has requirements that would affect restricted driver’s license holders and would require sobriety tests, ignition interlock devices and in some cases a device that records their alcohol use.
Indiana Senate Bill 247 [...]

Notwithstanding subsection I, paragraph 1 of this section, at the time of sentencing the judge may suspend all but twenty-four ten consecutive hours days of the sentence if the person completes a court ordered alcohol or other drug screening, education or treatment program.
If the person fails to complete the court ordered alcohol or other drug [...]

If the test results show a blood or breath alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or if the results show a blood or breath alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more and the violator was driving or in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle or if the results show there is any drug defined [...]