HB 2248 Summary

• Amends Arkansas implied consent law to require a warrant based on probable cause before taking a blood test to determine alcohol concentration, controlled substance content, or other intoxicating substances in a person's blood.

• Allows blood to be drawn by a physician or person under a physician's direction and supervision when a person submits to a blood test under implied consent law or when a warrant has been issued.

• Expands the requirement for chemical testing in fatal or potentially fatal motor vehicle and motorboat accidents to include breath, saliva, and urine samples, and mandates results be reported to the Department of Arkansas State Police and maintained in a database.

• Applies warrant requirement for blood tests to both adult drivers (0.08 alcohol concentration threshold) and underage drivers (0.02 alcohol concentration threshold) operating motorboats or motor vehicles.

• Amends administrative driver's license suspension provisions to reference chemical tests of blood, breath, saliva, or urine for persons charged with refusing to submit to testing.