SB2973 - Tennessee - Dui/dwi Offenses

Companion Bill HB2765. DUI/DWI Offenses - Clarifies that DUI committed with child in car that results in serious bodily injury to child is Class D felony punished as vehicular assault and Class B felony punished as vehicular homicide if child is killed. - Amends TCA Title 55. Fiscal Summary for SB2973 / *HB2765Increase State Expenditures - $34,400/Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB2973 / *HB2765 Under present law, if a person commits a DUI offense with a child under the age of 18 in the vehicle and if that child suffers serious bodily injury as a result of the DUI, the offense is a Class D felony. If the child is killed as a result of the violation, the person commits a Class C felony. A Class D felony is punishable by two to 12 years imprisonment. A Class C felony is punishable by three to 15 years imprisonment. This bill revises [...]

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