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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 367
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 797
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist.
(By Request)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE STATE'S CURRENT LAWS
REGARDING REPEAT OFFENDERS OF LAWS PROHIBITING
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1
study and report to the General Assembly on the state's current laws 2
regarding repeat offenders of laws prohibiting driving under the 3
influence, including (1) establishing ways to strengthen such laws, (2) 4
establishing mandatory penalties, including minimum terms of 5
imprisonment, (3) confiscating the vehicles of such offenders, (4) 6
revoking the driver's licenses of such offenders, (5) requiring such 7
offenders to serve minimum terms of imprisonment before becoming 8
eligible for parole, (6) establishing ways to properly expedite legal 9
proceedings, and (7) escalating penalties for each successive offense. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To study the state's current laws regarding repeat offenders of laws
prohibiting driving under the influence in order to protect the public
from impaired drivers.