The effective date for Utah’s tough new drunken driving law could be delayed four years — until Dec. 30, 2022 — under a bill introduced Wednesday in the Utah Legislature.
Currently, the law — which lowers the state’s blood-alcohol content for driving under the influence from 0.08 to 0.05 — is set to take effect December of this year.
However, House Bill 345, sponsored by Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, would push the date back to give those impacted by the law, including restaurants and bars, law enforcement and tourism, time to further study the law’s implementation and the unintended consequences.