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SB920 • 2026

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify. Amends sec. 625 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.625).

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify. Amends sec. 625 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.625).

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Thomas A. Albert (District 18)
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2026-04-23
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REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
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Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify. Amends sec. 625 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.625).

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify.
  • Amends sec.
  • 625 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.625).

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 SJ 36 Pg. 361

    INTRODUCED BY SENATOR THOMAS ALBERT

  2. 2026-04-23 SJ 36 Pg. 361

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Official Summary Text

Crimes: intoxication or impairment; penalties for operating while intoxicated and causing the death of another individual; modify. Amends sec. 625 of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.625).

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SENATE BILL NO. 920

A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 625 (MCL 257.625), as amended by 2021 PA 85.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 625. (1) A person, whether licensed or not, shall not 1
operate a vehicle on a highway or other place open to the general 2
public or generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area 3
designated for the parking of vehicles, within this state if the 4
person is operating while intoxicated. As used in this section, 5
"operating while intoxicated" means any of the following: 6
April 23, 2026, Introduced by Senator ALBERT and referred to Committee on Civil Rights,
Judiciary, and Public Safety.
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(a) The person is under the influence of alcoholic liquor, a 1
controlled substance, or other intoxicating substance or a 2
combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or other 3
intoxicating substance. 4
(b) The person has an alcohol content of 0.08 grams or more 5
per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 6
milliliters of urine or, beginning 5 years after the state 7
treasurer publishes a certification under subsection (28), the 8
person has an alcohol content of 0.10 grams or more per 100 9
milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 10
milliliters of urine. 11
(c) The person has an alcohol content of 0.17 grams or more 12
per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 13
milliliters of urine. 14
(2) The owner of a vehicle or a person in charge or in control 15
of a vehicle shall not authorize or knowingly permit the vehicle to 16
be operated on a highway or other place open to the general public 17
or generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area 18
designated for the parking of motor vehicles, within this state by 19
a person if any of the following apply: 20
(a) The person is under the influence of alcoholic liquor, a 21
controlled substance, other intoxicating substance, or a 22
combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or other 23
intoxicating substance. 24
(b) The person has an alcohol content of 0.08 grams or more 25
per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 26
milliliters of urine or, beginning 5 years after the state 27
treasurer publishes a certification under subsection (28), the 28
person has an alcohol content of 0.10 grams or more per 100 29
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milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 1
milliliters of urine. 2
(c) The person's ability to operate the motor vehicle is 3
visibly impaired due to the consumption of alcoholic liquor, a 4
controlled substance, or other intoxicating substance, or a 5
combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or other 6
intoxicating substance. 7
(3) A person, whether licensed or not, shall not operate a 8
vehicle on a highway or other place open to the general public or 9
generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area 10
designated for the parking of vehicles, within this state when, due 11
to the consumption of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or 12
other intoxicating substance, or a combination of alcoholic liquor, 13
a controlled substance, or other intoxicating substance, the 14
person's ability to operate the vehicle is visibly impaired. If a 15
person is charged with violating subsection (1), a finding of 16
guilty under this subsection may be rendered. 17
(4) A person, whether licensed or not, who operates a motor 18
vehicle in violation of subsection (1), (3), or (8) and by the 19
operation of that motor vehicle causes the death of another person 20
is guilty of a crime as follows: 21
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the person 22
is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 23
5 years or more than 15 years or a fine of not less than $2,500.00 24
or more than $10,000.00, or both. The judgment of sentence may 25
impose the sanction permitted under section 625n. If the vehicle is 26
not ordered to be forfeited under section 625n, the court shall 27
order vehicle immobilization under section 904d in the judgment of 28
sentence. A court may impose a term of imprisonment that is less 29
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than 5 years if the court finds a compelling reason and places its 1
reason on the record. 2
(b) If the violation occurs while the person has an alcohol 3
content of 0.17 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 4
liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, and within 7 5
years of a prior conviction, the person is guilty of a felony 6
punishable by imprisonment for not less than 5 years or more than 7
20 years or a fine of not less than $2,500.00 or more than 8
$10,000.00, or both. The judgment of sentence may impose the 9
sanction permitted under section 625n. If the vehicle is not 10
ordered to be forfeited under section 625n, the court shall order 11
vehicle immobilization under section 904d in the judgment of 12
sentence. A court may impose a term of imprisonment that is less 13
than 5 years if the court finds a compelling reason and places its 14
reason on the record. 15
(c) If, at the time of the violation, the person is operating 16
a motor vehicle in a manner proscribed under section 653a and 17
causes the death of a police officer, firefighter, or other 18
emergency response personnel, the person is guilty of a felony 19
punishable by imprisonment for not less than 5 years or more than 20
20 years or a fine of not less than $2,500.00 or more than 21
$10,000.00, or both. This subdivision applies regardless of whether 22
the person is charged with the violation of section 653a. The 23
judgment of sentence may impose the sanction permitted under 24
section 625n. If the vehicle is not ordered to be forfeited under 25
section 625n, the court shall order vehicle immobilization under 26
section 904d in the judgment of sentence. A court may impose a term 27
of imprisonment that is less than 5 years if the court finds a 28
compelling reason and places its reason on the record. 29
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(5) A person, whether licensed or not, who operates a motor 1
vehicle in violation of subsection (1), (3), or (8) and by the 2
operation of that motor vehicle causes a serious impairment of a 3
body function of another person is guilty of a crime as follows: 4
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the person is 5
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 6
years or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $5,000.00, 7
or both. The judgment of sentence may impose the sanction permitted 8
under section 625n. If the vehicle is not ordered to be forfeited 9
under section 625n, the court shall order vehicle immobilization 10
under section 904d in the judgment of sentence. 11
(b) If the violation occurs while the person has an alcohol 12
content of 0.17 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 13
liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, and within 7 14
years of a prior conviction, the person is guilty of a felony 15
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of 16
not less than $1,000.00 or more than $5,000.00, or both. The 17
judgment of sentence may impose the sanction permitted under 18
section 625n. If the vehicle is not ordered to be forfeited under 19
section 625n, the court shall order vehicle immobilization under 20
section 904d in the judgment of sentence. 21
(6) A person who is less than 21 years of age, whether 22
licensed or not, shall not operate a vehicle on a highway or other 23
place open to the general public or generally accessible to motor 24
vehicles, including an area designated for the parking of vehicles, 25
within this state if the person has any bodily alcohol content. As 26
used in this subsection, "any bodily alcohol content" means either 27
of the following: 28
(a) An alcohol content of 0.02 grams or more but less than 29
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0.08 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, 1
or per 67 milliliters of urine or, beginning 5 years after the 2
state treasurer publishes a certification under subsection (28), 3
the person has an alcohol content of 0.02 grams or more but less 4
than 0.10 grams per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of 5
breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine. 6
(b) Any presence of alcohol within a person's body resulting 7
from the consumption of alcoholic liquor, other than consumption of 8
alcoholic liquor as a part of a generally recognized religious 9
service or ceremony. 10
(7) A person, whether licensed or not, is subject to the 11
following requirements: 12
(a) He or she shall not operate a vehicle in violation of 13
subsection (1), (3), (4), (5), or (8) while another person who is 14
less than 16 years of age is occupying the vehicle. A person who 15
violates this subdivision is guilty of a crime punishable as 16
follows: 17
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), a person who 18
violates this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be 19
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $200.00 or more than 20
$1,000.00 and to 1 or more of the following: 21
(A) Imprisonment for not more than 1 year. 22
(B) Community service for not less than 30 days or more than 23
90 days. 24
(ii) If the violation occurs within 7 years of a prior 25
conviction or after 2 or more prior convictions, regardless of the 26
number of years that have elapsed since any prior conviction, a 27
person who violates this subdivision is guilty of a felony and must 28
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than 29
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$5,000.00 and to either of the following: 1
(A) Imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department of 2
corrections for not less than 1 year or more than 5 years. 3
(B) Probation with imprisonment in the county jail for not 4
less than 30 days or more than 1 year and community service for not 5
less than 60 days or more than 180 days. Not less than 48 hours of 6
this imprisonment must be served consecutively. 7
(iii) A term of imprisonment imposed under subparagraph (ii)(A) 8
or (B) must not be suspended unless the defendant agrees to 9
participate in a specialty court program and successfully completes 10
the program. 11
(b) He or she shall not operate a vehicle in violation of 12
subsection (6) while another person who is less than 16 years of 13
age is occupying the vehicle. A person who violates this 14
subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows: 15
(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii), a person who 16
violates this subdivision may be sentenced to 1 or more of the 17
following: 18
(A) Community service for not more than 60 days. 19
(B) A fine of not more than $500.00. 20
(C) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days. 21
(ii) If the violation occurs within 7 years of a prior 22
conviction or after 2 or more prior convictions, regardless of the 23
number of years that have elapsed since any prior conviction, a 24
person who violates this subdivision must be sentenced to pay a 25
fine of not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 and to 1 or 26
more of the following: 27
(A) Imprisonment for not less than 5 days or more than 1 year. 28
This term of imprisonment must not be suspended unless the 29
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defendant agrees to participate in a specialty court program and 1
successfully completes the program. 2
(B) Community service for not less than 30 days or more than 3
90 days. 4
(c) In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (a)(i) or 5
(b)(i), the court may, unless the vehicle is ordered to be forfeited 6
under section 625n, order vehicle immobilization as provided in 7
section 904d. In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (a)(ii) 8
or (b)(ii), the court shall, unless the vehicle is ordered to be 9
forfeited under section 625n, order vehicle immobilization as 10
provided in section 904d. 11
(d) This subsection does not prohibit a person from being 12
charged with, convicted of, or punished for a violation of 13
subsection (4) or (5) that is committed by the person while 14
violating this subsection. However, points shall must not be 15
assessed under section 320a for both a violation of subsection (4) 16
or (5) and a violation of this subsection for conduct arising out 17
of the same transaction. 18
(8) A person, whether licensed or not, shall not operate a 19
vehicle on a highway or other place open to the general public or 20
generally accessible to motor vehicles, including an area 21
designated for the parking of vehicles, within this state if the 22
person has in his or her body any amount of a controlled substance 23
listed in schedule 1 under section 7212 of the public health code, 24
1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7212, or a rule promulgated under that 25
section, or of a controlled substance described in section 26
7214(a)(iv) of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7214. 27
(9) If a person is convicted of violating subsection (1) or 28
(8), all of the following apply: 29
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), 1
the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by 1 or more of 2
the following: 3
(i) Community service for not more than 360 hours. 4
(ii) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or, if the person 5
is convicted of violating subsection (1)(c), imprisonment for not 6
more than 180 days. 7
(iii) A fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or, 8
if the person is guilty of violating subsection (1)(c), a fine of 9
not less than $200.00 or more than $700.00. 10
(b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of a prior 11
conviction, the person must be sentenced to pay a fine of not less 12
than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 and 1 or more of the following: 13
(i) Imprisonment for not less than 5 days or more than 1 year. 14
(ii) Community service for not less than 30 days or more than 15
90 days. 16
(c) If the violation occurs after 2 or more prior convictions, 17
regardless of the number of years that have elapsed since any prior 18
conviction, the person is guilty of a felony and must be sentenced 19
to pay a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $5,000.00 and 20
to either of the following: 21
(i) Imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department of 22
corrections for not less than 1 year or more than 5 years. 23
(ii) Probation with imprisonment in the county jail for not 24
less than 30 days or more than 1 year and community service for not 25
less than 60 days or more than 180 days. Not less than 48 hours of 26
the imprisonment imposed under this subparagraph must be served 27
consecutively. 28
(d) A term of imprisonment imposed under subdivision (b) or 29
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(c) must not be suspended unless the defendant agrees to 1
participate in a specialty court program and successfully completes 2
the program. 3
(e) In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (a), the 4
court may order vehicle immobilization as provided in section 904d. 5
In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (b) or (c), the court 6
shall, unless the vehicle is ordered to be forfeited under section 7
625n, order vehicle immobilization as provided in section 904d. 8
(f) In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (b) or (c), 9
the court may impose the sanction permitted under section 625n. 10
(10) A person who is convicted of violating subsection (2) is 11
guilty of a crime as follows: 12
(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a 13
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or 14
a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or both. 15
(b) If the person operating the motor vehicle violated 16
subsection (4), a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more 17
than 5 years or a fine of not less than $1,500.00 or more than 18
$10,000.00, or both. 19
(c) If the person operating the motor vehicle violated 20
subsection (5), a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more 21
than 2 years or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than 22
$5,000.00, or both. 23
(11) If a person is convicted of violating subsection (3), all 24
of the following apply: 25
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), 26
the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by 1 or more of 27
the following: 28
(i) Community service for not more than 360 hours. 29
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(ii) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days. 1
(iii) A fine of not more than $300.00. 2
(b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of 1 prior 3
conviction, the person must be sentenced to pay a fine of not less 4
than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00, and 1 or more of the 5
following: 6
(i) Imprisonment for not less than 5 days or more than 1 year. 7
(ii) Community service for not less than 30 days or more than 8
90 days. 9
(c) If the violation occurs after 2 or more prior convictions, 10
regardless of the number of years that have elapsed since any prior 11
conviction, the person is guilty of a felony and must be sentenced 12
to pay a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $5,000.00 and 13
either of the following: 14
(i) Imprisonment under the jurisdiction of the department of 15
corrections for not less than 1 year or more than 5 years. 16
(ii) Probation with imprisonment in the county jail for not 17
less than 30 days or more than 1 year and community service for not 18
less than 60 days or more than 180 days. Not less than 48 hours of 19
the imprisonment imposed under this subparagraph must be served 20
consecutively. 21
(d) A term of imprisonment imposed under subdivision (b) or 22
(c) must not be suspended unless the defendant agrees to 23
participate in a specialty court program and successfully completes 24
the program. 25
(e) In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (a), the 26
court may order vehicle immobilization as provided in section 904d. 27
In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (b) or (c), the court 28
shall, unless the vehicle is ordered to be forfeited under section 29
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625n, order vehicle immobilization as provided in section 904d. 1
(f) In the judgment of sentence under subdivision (b) or (c), 2
the court may impose the sanction permitted under section 625n. 3
(12) If a person is convicted of violating subsection (6), all 4
of the following apply: 5
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the 6
person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by 1 or both of the 7
following: 8
(i) Community service for not more than 360 hours. 9
(ii) A fine of not more than $250.00. 10
(b) If the violation occurs within 7 years of 1 or more prior 11
convictions, the person may be sentenced to 1 or more of the 12
following: 13
(i) Community service for not more than 60 days. 14
(ii) A fine of not more than $500.00. 15
(iii) Imprisonment for not more than 93 days. 16
(13) In addition to imposing the sanctions prescribed under 17
this section, the court may order the person to pay the costs of 18
the prosecution under the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, 19
MCL 760.1 to 777.69. 20
(14) A person sentenced to perform community service under 21
this section must not receive compensation and must reimburse the 22
state or appropriate local unit of government for the cost of 23
supervision incurred by the state or local unit of government as a 24
result of the person's activities in that service. 25
(15) If the prosecuting attorney intends to seek an enhanced 26
sentence under this section or a sanction under section 625n based 27
on the defendant having 1 or more prior convictions, the 28
prosecuting attorney shall include on the complaint and 29
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information, or an amended complaint and information, filed in 1
district court, circuit court, municipal court, or family division 2
of circuit court, a statement listing the defendant's prior 3
convictions. 4
(16) If a person is charged with a violation of subsection 5
(1), (3), (4), (5), (7), or (8) or section 625m, the court shall 6
not permit the defendant to enter a plea of guilty or nolo 7
contendere to a charge of violating subsection (6) in exchange for 8
dismissal of the original charge. This subsection does not prohibit 9
the court from dismissing the charge on the prosecuting attorney's 10
motion. 11
(17) A prior conviction must be established at sentencing by 1 12
or more of the following: 13
(a) A copy of a judgment of conviction. 14
(b) An abstract of conviction. 15
(c) A transcript of a prior trial or a plea-taking or 16
sentencing proceeding. 17
(d) A copy of a court register of actions. 18
(e) A copy of the defendant's driving record. 19
(f) Information contained in a presentence report. 20
(g) An admission by the defendant. 21
(18) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (20), if a 22
person is charged with operating a vehicle while under the 23
influence of a controlled substance or other intoxicating substance 24
or a combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or 25
other intoxicating substance in violation of subsection (1) or a 26
local ordinance substantially corresponding to subsection (1), the 27
court shall require the jury to return a special verdict in the 28
form of a written finding or, if the court convicts the person 29
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without a jury or accepts a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, the 1
court shall make a finding as to whether the person was under the 2
influence of a controlled substance or other intoxicating substance 3
or a combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or 4
other intoxicating substance at the time of the violation. 5
(19) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (20), if a 6
person is charged with operating a vehicle while his or her ability 7
to operate the vehicle was visibly impaired due to his or her 8
consumption of a controlled substance or other intoxicating 9
substance or a combination of alcoholic liquor, a controlled 10
substance, or other intoxicating substance in violation of 11
subsection (3) or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to 12
subsection (3), the court shall require the jury to return a 13
special verdict in the form of a written finding or, if the court 14
convicts the person without a jury or accepts a plea of guilty or 15
nolo contendere, the court shall make a finding as to whether, due 16
to the consumption of a controlled substance or a combination of 17
alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or other intoxicating 18
substance, the person's ability to operate a motor vehicle was 19
visibly impaired at the time of the violation. 20
(20) A special verdict described in subsections (18) and (19) 21
is not required if a jury is instructed to make a finding solely as 22
to either of the following: 23
(a) Whether the defendant was under the influence of a 24
controlled substance or a combination of alcoholic liquor, a 25
controlled substance, or other intoxicating substance at the time 26
of the violation. 27
(b) Whether the defendant was visibly impaired due to his or 28
her consumption of a controlled substance or a combination of 29
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alcoholic liquor, a controlled substance, or other intoxicating 1
substance at the time of the violation. 2
(21) If a jury or court finds under subsection (18), (19), or 3
(20) that the defendant operated a motor vehicle under the 4
influence of or while impaired due to the consumption of a 5
controlled substance or a combination of a controlled substance, an 6
alcoholic liquor, or other intoxicating substance, the court shall 7
do both of the following: 8
(a) Report the finding to the secretary of state. 9
(b) On a form or forms prescribed by the state court 10
administrator, forward to the department of state police a record 11
that specifies the penalties imposed by the court, including any 12
term of imprisonment, and any sanction imposed under section 625n 13
or 904d. 14
(22) Except as otherwise provided by law, a record described 15
in subsection (21)(b) is a public record and the department of 16
state police shall retain the information contained on that record 17
for not less than 7 years. 18
(23) In a prosecution for a violation of subsection (6), the 19
defendant bears the burden of proving that the consumption of 20
alcoholic liquor was a part of a generally recognized religious 21
service or ceremony by a preponderance of the evidence. 22
(24) The court may order as a condition of probation that a 23
person convicted of violating subsection (1) or (8), or a local 24
ordinance substantially corresponding to subsection (1) or (8), 25
shall not operate a motor vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped 26
with an ignition interlock device approved, certified, and 27
installed as required under sections 625k and 625l. 28
(25) As used in this section: 29
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(a) "Intoxicating substance" means any substance, preparation, 1
or a combination of substances and preparations other than alcohol 2
or a controlled substance, that is either of the following: 3
(i) Recognized as a drug in any of the following publications 4
or their supplements: 5
(A) The official United States Pharmacopoeia. 6
(B) The official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United 7
States. 8
(C) The official National Formulary. 9
(ii) A substance, other than food, taken into a person's body, 10
including, but not limited to, vapors or fumes, that is used in a 11
manner or for a purpose for which it was not intended, and that may 12
result in a condition of intoxication. 13
(b) "Prior conviction" means a conviction for any of the 14
following, whether under a law of this state, a local ordinance 15
substantially corresponding to a law of this state, a law of the 16
United States substantially corresponding to a law of this state, 17
or a law of another state substantially corresponding to a law of 18
this state, subject to subsection (27): 19
(i) Except as provided in subsection (26), a violation or 20
attempted violation of any of the following: 21
(A) This section, except a violation of subsection (2), or a 22
violation of any prior enactment of this section in which the 23
defendant operated a vehicle while under the influence of 24
intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or a controlled substance, or a 25
combination of intoxicating or alcoholic liquor and a controlled 26
substance, or while visibly impaired, or with an unlawful bodily 27
alcohol content. 28
(B) Section 625m. 29
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(C) Former section 625b. 1
(ii) Negligent homicide, manslaughter, or murder resulting from 2
the operation of a vehicle or an attempt to commit any of those 3
crimes. 4
(iii) Section 601d or 626(3) or (4). 5
(26) Except for purposes of the enhancement described in 6
subsection (12)(b), only 1 violation or attempted violation of 7
subsection (6), a local ordinance substantially corresponding to 8
subsection (6), or a law of another state substantially 9
corresponding to subsection (6) may be used as a prior conviction. 10
(27) If 2 or more convictions described in subsection (25) are 11
convictions for violations arising out of the same transaction, 12
only 1 conviction must be used to determine if the person has a 13
prior conviction. 14
(28) Not later than 30 days after this state no longer 15
receives annual federal highway construction funding conditioned on 16
compliance with a national blood alcohol limit, the state treasurer 17
shall certify that fact. The state treasurer shall publish a 18
certification under this subsection on the department of treasury's 19
website. 20
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days 21
after the date it is enacted into law. 22