House advances committee amendment to strengthen DUI penalties and expand testing authority, members warn of legal risk
The House Judiciary committee amendment to S 52 raised penalties, created a felony DUI second degree for moderate bodily injury, and broadened blood testing with probable-cause limits; supporters called it a modernization of DUI law while some members warned the blood-draw provisions could prompt constitutional challenges.
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Representative Robbie Robbins, speaking for the Judiciary Committee, described a package of changes to Senate Bill 52 that he said "strengthens the DUI laws in the state of South Carolina." Robbins summarized the committee amendment as increasing penalties for DUI and related offenses, creating a new felony DUI second degree for moderate bodily injury and expanding the statutory framework for videotaping and blood testing.
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