Governor Lee Signs “Silas Gable Flatt Law”

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed the “Silas Gable Flatt Law” which was named after an unborn baby who died as a result of a head-on crash involving a DUI driver.  The law “creates an offense of knowingly providing a motor vehicle to another person who the provider of the vehicle knows or should know is under the influence of an intoxicant or whose driver license has been suspended or revoked under certain circumstances, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.” First offense is a minimum 48 hours of incarceration. Second offense is a minimum 72 hours of incarceration. Third or subsequent offense is a minimum seven consecutive days of incarceration.