2021 House Bill 4309 / Public Act 81

Eliminate .08 BAC drunk driving sunset

Introduced in the House

Feb. 23, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Graham Filler (R-93)

To amend the state’s criminal sentencing guidelines to reflect the proposal in House Bill 4309 to eliminate the 2021 sunset on the .08 grams per 100 milliliters blood-alcohol-content (BAC) threshold for drunk driving offences.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

March 9, 2021

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

March 10, 2021

Passed in the House 105 to 5 (details)

Received in the Senate

March 11, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

May 4, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 10, 2021

Amendment offered

To amend details of the bill to align with extension of a .08 BAC drunk driving threshold proposed by House Bills 4308 to 4310.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 34 to 0 (details)

To amend the state’s criminal sentencing guidelines to reflect the proposal in House Bill 4309 to potentially revise the .08 grams per 100 milliliters blood-alcohol-content (BAC) threshold for drunk driving offences to a .10 level; see House Bill 4308.

Received in the House

June 10, 2021

Aug. 17, 2021

Passed in the House 104 to 4 (details)

To amend the state’s criminal sentencing guidelines to reflect the proposal in House Bill 4309 to potentially change the .08 grams per 100 milliliters blood-alcohol-content (BAC) threshold for drunk driving offences to a .10 level; see House Bill 4308.

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Aug. 23, 2021