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GA SB208
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/5/2019
Primary Sponsor
Randy Robertson
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AI Summary
- Amends Georgia Code Section 40-5-67.1 to revise the implied consent notices that arresting officers must read to DUI suspects when requesting chemical testing of blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances
- Changes the opening language of all three implied consent notices from "Georgia law requires you to submit" to "The State of Georgia has conditioned your privilege to drive upon the highways of this state upon your submission," reframing the testing as a condition of the driving privilege rather than a legal mandate
- Narrows the scope of refusal evidence admissible at trial by specifying that only a refusal to submit to "blood or urine testing" may be offered as evidence, replacing the prior broader language covering refusal of all "required testing"
- Updates all three notice categories — suspects under age 21 (0.02 grams threshold), suspects age 21 or over (0.08 grams threshold), and commercial motor vehicle drivers (0.04 grams threshold) — with identical structural revisions while preserving their respective alcohol concentration limits and suspension/disqualification penalties
- Becomes effective immediately upon the Governor's approval or upon becoming law without such approval
Legislative Description
Drivers Licenses; implied consent notices; revise
Last Action
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
6/25/2020
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil3/7/2019
Public Safety2/27/2019
Full Bill Text
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