HB 13-1325 Summary

• Eliminates the "habitual user" offense as a separate crime while maintaining it as a status for driving privilege revocation purposes.

• Establishes a permissible inference that drivers with 5 or more nanograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per milliliter of whole blood were under the influence of drugs in DUI, vehicular homicide, and vehicular assault cases.

• Prohibits prosecutors from using possession of a valid medical marijuana registry card as evidence in DUI trials or as probable cause for blood tests during traffic stops without other contributing factors.

• Changes legal language from "presumptions" to "permissible inferences" regarding blood alcohol content and drug testing in DUI prosecutions.

• Appropriates $12,000 for fiscal year 2013 to the state public defender for implementation costs related to the bill's provisions.