HB 1315: Impaired driving

Summary

• Reduces the breath or blood alcohol concentration limit for driving or having physical control of a motor vehicle from 0.08 to 0.05 percent.
• Increases the statute of limitations for Driving While Under the Influence (DUI) and Actual Physical Control of a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence (PC) from two to three years.
• Provides for judicial discretion to convert the mandatory minimum sentence for a second DUI or PC offense in seven years to an alternative sentence without finding that the mandatory minimum sentence would impose a substantial risk to the person's physical or mental well-being.
• Requires the court to order a substance use disorder assessment and treatment, if deemed appropriate, for a person convicted of Driving or Being in Physical Control of a Motor Vehicle After Consuming Alcohol or Cannabis, Reckless Driving, or Negligent Driving in the first degree when the conviction of the latter two offenses results from a charge that was originally filed as a violation of DUI or PC.
• Eliminates the witness fee to subpoena a law enforcement officer for a Department of Licensing suspension hearing following arrest for DUI or PC.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1315), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗