SB1 Summary

• Amends Alabama's DUI laws (Section 32-5A-191) to mandate and regulate ignition interlock device installation for DUI offenders, with installation periods ranging from 90 days to 4 years depending on conviction type and circumstances.

• Reduces mandatory ignition interlock periods: first conviction from 2 years to 1 year; second conviction remains 2 years; third conviction from 3 years; fourth or subsequent conviction from 5 years to 4 years (effective 5 years after enactment).

• Increases court fees for ignition interlock programs from $75 to $200 per month for first four months, distributed to Alabama Interlock Indigent Fund (17%), State Judicial Administration Fund (30%), Highway Traffic Safety Fund (30%), and District Attorney's Solicitor Fund (23%).

• Establishes the Alabama Ignition Interlock Indigent Fund to provide free or reduced-cost interlock services to indigent defendants; requires manufacturers to provide services to at least 5% of their installations at no cost to indigent defendants.

• Expands pretrial diversion program provisions to require interlock device installation for minimum 6 months and extends probation periods until all interlock requirements are completed; becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage.