Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: making the first offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant a crime, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Drunken driving Legislature — Criminal penalties, joint review committee on
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a first offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the
influence of an intoxicant (OWI-related offense) is a civil violation. A person who
commits a first OWI-related offense is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $150
nor more than $300. Subsequent OWI-related offenses are crimes punishable by
fines and periods of imprisonment that increase with every subsequent offense.
Under this bill, a person who commits a first OWI-related offense on or after
April 1, 2015, is guilty of a crime and may be fined not less than $150 nor more than
$300 and imprisoned for not more than five days, or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 7, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Richards, Berceau, Clark, Hulsey, Sargent, Sinicki and Wachs; cosponsored by Senator Carpenter
- Mar 7, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 21, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 24, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1