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State Laws Curbing Alcohol-Impaired Driving
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(As of January 2022)

  Interlocks (1) required    
    To drive during post-conviction license suspension To reinstate license after conviction    
State To drive during ALS (2)
(first offense)		 First offender Repeat offender First offender Repeat offender ALS (2) mandatory
90-day license suspension (3)		 Open container law (4)
Alabama (5) X X   X X X
Alaska X X X  X  X X  
Arizona     X X   X X X
Arkansas X X X X X X X
California           X X
Colorado X X X    X X X
Connecticut (5) (5) (5) X X X  
Delaware (5) X X     X  
D.C.   X X       X
Florida   (6) X (6) X X X
Georgia     X   X X X
Hawaii X X X X X X  
Idaho     (6) X X X X
Illinois X   X   X X X
Indiana           X X
Iowa X (5) X   X X X
Kansas (5) (5) X X X   X
Kentucky (7) X X       X
Louisiana   X X        
Maine     X     X  
Maryland   X X X X X X
Massachusetts (5)   X   X X X
Michigan (7)   X   X   X
Minnesota (6) (6) X     X X
Mississippi X X X      X  
Missouri     X    X X  
Montana (7)         X X
Nebraska X* X* X* X* X* X X
Nevada           X X
New Hampshire (5) X (5)   X X X
New Jersey (7)   X X X X X
New Mexico X X X X X X X
New York (7) X X X X X X
North Carolina   (6) (5) (6) X   X
North Dakota           X X
Ohio     X     X  
Oklahoma X X X     X X
Oregon   X X X X X X
Pennsylvania (7) (6) X (6) X   X
Rhode Island (7) X X   X   X
South Carolina (7) (6) (5) (6) X   X
South Dakota (7)           X
Tennessee (7) X X   X X  
Texas   X X   X X X
Utah X (5) (5) X X X X
Vermont X X X   X X X
Virginia (5) X X   X    
Washington X X X X X X X
West Virginia X X X   X X X
Wisconsin           X X
Wyoming     X (6) X X  

(1) Ignition interlock devices analyze a driver's breath for alcohol and disable the ignition if a driver has been drinking. States identified mandate the devices on offenders' vehicles.
(2) Administrative license suspension, on-the-spot drivers license suspension or revocation if blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is over the legal limit or the driver refuses to take a BAC test.
(3) Mandatory penalty for violation of the implied consent law, which means that drivers who refuse to take a breath alcohol test when stopped or are arrested for alcohol-impaired driving or if BAC is over the legal limit will have their license revoked or suspended.
(4) Prohibits unsealed alcohol containers and alcohol consumption in motor vehicle passenger compartments for all occupants. Counts only laws meeting federal requirements.
(5) No option for driving during suspension.
(6) State does not require interlocks except under certain conditions; see IIHS website.
(7) State has no administrative license suspension for first test failure.

*Interlocks will not be required effective 7/01/22. See IIHS website for other changes effective 7/01/22.

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety; Governors Highway Safety Association. 

 

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