(The Center Square) – A series of new anti-DUI bills is being introduced this year in the California Legislature.
Most of the new legislation seeks to target drivers convicted of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence.
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Assembly Member Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) is one of three legislators in California introducing DUI-related legislation this year that would impose harsher penalties on those convicted of DUIs
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