S432/S296 DUI

SB 432: Driving Under the Influence

GENERAL BILL by Wright

Driving Under the Influence; Prohibiting a trial court from accepting specified pleas when a person is charged with the offense of driving under the influence unless specified conditions are met; requiring a person to be told that his or her first failure to submit to a lawful test of breath or urine is a second degree misdemeanor and his or her second or subsequent refusal is a first degree misdemeanor; reclassifying a person’s first failure to submit to a lawful test of breath or urine as a second degree misdemeanor; authorizing judicial circuits to create a Driving Under the Influence Diversion Program, etc.

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/432/BillText/Filed/PDF

SB 296: Lawful Breath Test for Alcohol

GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie

Lawful Breath Test for Alcohol; Requiring that a person arrested for driving under the influence who refuses to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath be told that he or she is subject to mandatory placement, for a specified period of time and at his or her expense, of an ignition interlock device on vehicles he or she leases or owns and routinely operates; requiring that a person arrested for driving under the influence who refuses to submit to a lawful test of his or her breath install an ignition interlock device, at his or her expense, for a specified period of time, etc.

CS by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/296/BillText/Filed/PDF