11-6-13 assembly approves owi bills

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three bills designed to toughen the state's notoriously weak drunken driving laws have passed the Wisconsin Assembly. One measure would make all second offenses misdemeanors. Under current law, a second offense committed more than 10 years after a first offense is considered a first offense. The bill would also make all fourth offenses felonies, no matter how far back the previous offenses occurred.