Underage drinking crisis situation bill approved by Senate
PIERRE — The Legislature is still mulling the “Good Samaritan” exemption for under-aged drinkers who telephone for medical help for a drunken peer.
PIERRE — The Legislature is still mulling the “Good Samaritan” exemption for under-aged drinkers who telephone for medical help for a drunken peer.
The Senate voted 29-6 Tuesday to give immunity to one person to contact an EMT or a law enforcement officer when medically necessary.
“This bill sends the right message,” said its prime sponsor, Sen. Larry Tidemann, R-Brookings.
SB 132 now moves to the House of Representatives, where it has failed the past two years. College students traveled each year to the Capitol to urge passage of the Tidemann legislation.
Law enforcement lobbyists have opposed it. That split held true again this year in the Senate committee hearing, with the EMTs organization now supporting it.
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