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Bills / H.B. 423

H.B. 423 Hit and Run and DUI Offense Amendments

Became lawWritten by Rep. Steve Eliason · carried in the Senate by Sen. Todd Weiler

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill makes penalties for hit-and-run crashes that cause injury or death match DUI penalties, and raises a fatal hit-and-run to a second-degree felony. It increases penalties for drivers with a prior DUI who leave the scene, and gives drivers who return to the scene or report within six hours reduced penalties.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • increases penalties for convictions of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage or injury if the operator has been previously convicted of:
  • the same offense; or
  • driving under the influence
  • creates a mitigation against an enhanced offense for an individual who obtains a negative chemical test
  • allows the Driver License Division to request a peace officer's presence for a driver license suspension hearing
  • adds that a Driver License Division hearing for a driving under the influence arrest cannot be dismissed solely due to a peace officer's failure to appear
  • makes technical changes
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What it costs you

From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.

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