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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 161

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

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

Full history

  1. Apr 11, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Apr 11, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. May 6, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 9, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 6, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Fields added as a cosponsor

  6. Sep 4, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1