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This bill modifies the penalties and conditions for driving while intoxicated (DWI) offenses in Missouri. It redefines the classifications of DWI offenses, increasing the severity of penalties for certain circumstances, such as causing physical injury or death to another person while intoxicated, or having a high blood alcohol content. For instance, causing serious physical injury or death to another person while driving intoxicated now carries a higher felony classification. The bill also introduces new provisions regarding suspended imposition of sentence, probation, and parole, requiring longer minimum prison terms and community service for repeat offenders or those with higher blood alcohol levels. It also allows for continuous alcohol monitoring or frequent breath alcohol testing as conditions for probation. Importantly, the bill specifies that offenders convicted of causing death while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of at least fifteen-hundredths of one percent, or causing the death of two or more people, will not be eligible for parole or probation until they have served a minimum of ten years imprisonment.

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https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=1584514