Bill > SB907

This bill, titled "Driving under the influence and other driving offenses: comprehensive reform," aims to strengthen penalties and expand the scope of certain driving-related offenses. Key provisions include adding vehicular manslaughter to the list of "violent felonies" for enhanced sentencing under the "3 strikes law," which is a sentencing scheme that imposes harsher penalties for repeat felony offenders. The bill also allows for full, separate, and consecutive prison terms for violations of gross vehicular manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, meaning each offense would be punished individually and sequentially rather than being combined into a single sentence. Furthermore, it imposes an additional three-year prison term for each prior conviction of certain driving under the influence (DUI) offenses within a 10-year period, and increases penalties for leaving the scene of an accident if the driver has a prior DUI, reckless driving, or gross vehicular manslaughter conviction within the past 10 years. Finally, the bill mandates that courts advise individuals convicted of DUI, or those whose DUI allegations are dismissed or reduced to a lesser offense, that future behavior resulting in death could lead to murder charges.

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