SF4665 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))
Revocation and licensing requirements for violations of impaired driving laws involving substances other than alcohol establishment and appropriation
Related bill: HF4474
AI Generated Summary
Purpose
This bill updates Minnesota law to address impaired driving involving substances other than alcohol. It changes how license suspensions, reinstatement, and driver monitoring work; adds ignition interlock and testing requirements; creates a pathway for restricted licenses; and authorizes rulemaking and funding.
Main Provisions
Definitions and scope
- Introduces and clarifies terms like alcoholrelated violation and substancerelated violation.
- Expands what counts as an impairment offense to include refusals to test and driving under the influence of substances such as cannabis, controlled substances, intoxicating substances, and combinations of substances.
- Uses terms such as ignition interlock device (IID) and program participant.
Revocation, denial, and reinstatement rules
- Revises how long a license can be revoked for alcoholrelated and substancerelated violations.
- Sets minimum revocation periods that depend on the type of violation and the number of prior incidents (qualified prior impaired driving incidents).
- Adds longer revocation periods if the violation involved bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death.
- Establishes rules for how violations from other states affect Minnesota revocation time.
Test refusals and test failures
- Creates time-based minimums for license revocation after refusing chemical tests or failing tests, with adjustments based on age, BAC level, and prior incidents.
- If there is bodily harm or death, longer revocation periods apply.
- If the person is in a program (IID or substance use testing), these periods can be tied to completing those programs.
Ignition interlock device (IID) and substance use testing programs
- Requires program participants to install and use an IID on any vehicle they drive, with location tracking capabilities.
- Participants must not drive vehicles that don’t have a functioning IID.
- Requires participation in an IID program, a substance use testing program, or both, depending on the violation.
- Requires completion of licensed substance use disorder treatment or rehabilitation to regain full driving privileges.
- Extends the program period if a participant tests positive for alcohol or certain drugs, and provides credit for time already spent in the program when calculating the total required time.
- Allows termination from the IID or testing program, with reentry allowed under certain conditions, but no credit for time spent before termination.
Restricted license for program participants
- Creates a restricted Class D license for participants under certain IID/testing conditions.
- The restricted license can be issued without requiring payment of reinstatement fees upfront.
- The restricted license requires proof of insurance and only allows driving vehicles equipped with a functioning IID.
- Employers’ vehicles may be driven under certain conditions with written consent.
- Participants may seek conditional reinstatement before full driving privileges are restored, subject to meeting prerequisites and IID/testing requirements.
- Additional prereqs and timelines apply for eventual full reinstatement, including abstinence periods and no positive test results for a specified window.
Prerequisites, extensions, and eligibility
- The commissioner has authority to determine when a participant is eligible for full restoration of driving privileges, but full restoration requires meeting all prerequisites and no recent positive tests.
- If a participant’s IID or testing program shows a positive result or a new violation, the time to full reinstatement can be extended.
Special rules for out-of-state and nonresident cases
- Provisions address how out-of-state convictions affect Minnesota licensing and how nonresident operating privileges are treated under the new framework.
Rulemaking and funding
- The bill authorizes rulemaking and appropriations to implement these changes.
Notable Changes / Impact
- Expands the category of impaired driving to clearly include substances beyond alcohol, with detailed definitions for substancerelated violations.
- Introduces mandatory ignition interlock devices and monitoring (including location tracking) for program participants.
- Ties license reinstatement to completion of a licensed substance use disorder treatment or rehabilitation program.
- Establishes a restricted license option (Class D) for people in the IID/testing programs, with specific restrictions and prerequisites.
- Increases the consequences for offenses that involve bodily harm or death, and for repeat offenses (inimical to public safety).
- Adds a structured pathway for out-of-state convictions and nonresident privileges under the IID/testing framework.
Implementation Considerations
- Requires administrative rulemaking to implement the IID program, testing programs, and rehabilitation standards.
- Involves coordination with insurance requirements and vehicle restrictions for participants.
- Introduces ongoing monitoring (including location tracking) as part of the IID program.
Summary of Key Effects
- More offenses are treated as impairments (not just alcohol) for licensing purposes.
- Licenses can be revoked longer and more often for substancerelated violations and repeat offenses.
- Driving becomes possible only through devices and programs that monitor and limit behavior (IID, substance testing, rehabilitation).
- A clear pathway exists to regain driving privileges through restricted licenses and required treatments.
Relevant Terms
- ignition interlock device (IID)
- ignition interlock device program
- location tracking capabilities
- program participant
- alcoholrelated violation
- substancerelated violation
- licensed substance use disorder treatment
- rehabilitation
- abstinence
- positive breath/breath alcohol concentration 0.02 or higher
- qualified prior impaired driving incident
- inimical to public safety
- restricted license (Class D)
- testing program (substance use testing program)
- nonresident operating privilege
- out-of-state conviction
- bodily harm, great bodily harm, death
- test refusal period
- test failure period
- reinstatement prerequisites
- rulemaking
- appropriation/ funding
Bill text versions
- Introduction PDF PDF file
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Where | Type | Name | Committee Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2026 | Senate | Action | Introduction and first reading | ||
| March 23, 2026 | Senate | Action | Referred to | Judiciary and Public Safety |
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]Progress through the legislative process
In Committee