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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 172

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Relating to: release of person after arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. (FE)

Drunken driving Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a person is arrested for operating a motor vehicle while

under the influence of an intoxicant or with a prohibited alcohol concentration, the

person is taken into custody by a law enforcement officer. The arrested person may

not be released until 12 hours have elapsed from the time of the arrest, or until a

chemical test shows that the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or less,

except that the person may be released to a responsible adult at any time. This bill

eliminates the option of releasing the person to a responsible adult.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Kerkman (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ott (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Fields (D) , Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kerkman, Ott, Anderson, Kulp, Kurtz, Mursau, Ohnstad, Skowronski, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Darling, Carpenter, Jacque, Kooyenga and Smith

  2. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. May 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Fields added as a coauthor

  5. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kerkman

  7. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1