Plan to allow expungement of first-time drunken driving convictions advances in Michigan legislature

Part of a package of bills aimed at making first-time drunken-driving convictions eligible for expungement advanced in the Michigan Legislature this week.

On Wednesday, the Michigan House passed Senate Bill 400, part of a five-bill House and Senate package that taken together would give drivers with a conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated the option to remove their first offense from the record books, as long as it didn’t lead to the death or serious injury of a victim.

Also included in the package is House legislation that would remove an Oct. 1, 2021 sunset in the Michigan Vehicle Code to prevent the body alcohol content that constitutes an OWI charge from 0.08 to 0.10.

Senate Bill 400, sponsored by Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, would require a person with a first-time OWI offense on their record to wait five years before applying to set aside the conviction. The bill passed the House in a 91-18 vote Wednesday.

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