SB 8

Under this bill, a person who is convicted of homicide by intoxicated use of a

vehicle must be sentenced to a mandatory minimum period of confinement in prison

of five years. The bill creates an exception to the mandatory minimum sentence

created in this bill if the decedent was a passenger in the person's car and the court

finds that the best interests of the community will be served and that the public will

not be harmed. If the court sentences a person to a period of confinement that is less

than the mandatory minimum sentence, the bill requires the court to put its findings

in writing.

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.