CaliforniaAB 3662025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Ignition interlock devices.

Sponsored By: Cottie Petrie-Norris (Democratic), Rhodesia Ransom (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.

Commercial and special‑case suspensions

If you hold a commercial driving privilege and are convicted of listed DUI offenses, your commercial privilege is disqualified under commercial‑driver rules. If your offense happens in a vehicle covered by commercial‑vehicle law, DMV also suspends your personal (noncommercial) driving privilege. Starting January 1, 2029, a court can suspend your license for 90 days to six months for motor‑vehicle exhibition of speed, and you must show proof of insurance to get it back.

Ignition interlock rules, fees, and penalties

If DMV tells you to install an ignition interlock device (IID), you have 30 days to install a certified IID on every car you drive, send the Verification of Installation form, and pay the department’s fee. DMV adds an IID‑only restriction to your license. You must get the device serviced at least every 60 days. Tampering, early removal, or three missed maintenance events leads to immediate suspension or revocation. It is illegal to lend a car to a restricted driver unless it has an IID, or to bypass or tamper with an IID; penalties can be up to six months in county jail and/or a $5,000 fine. You can claim a short‑term exemption if you truly have no access to a vehicle (certify within 30 days), and you may drive an employer‑owned vehicle without an IID if you notified your employer and carry proof. Temporary licenses must tell you about the IID option and where to get help.

Repeat DUI: long revocations and IIDs

For DUI convictions, IID terms rise with the offense and your priors. For 23152, a court may order up to six months with no priors; with one, two, or three+ priors, IID terms are 12, 24, or 36 months. For 23153, IID terms are 12, 24, 36, or 48 months depending on priors. Separate penalties include a six‑month suspension for 23152, a one‑year suspension for 23153, and a two‑year suspension for 23152 with certain priors; some 23153 cases trigger multi‑year revocations. With three or more qualifying DUI convictions, the court can revoke your license for 10 years. After five years you can seek reinstatement only if you show proof an IID is installed and agree to keep it two years, finish a DUI program, and have no new drug‑ or alcohol‑related convictions during revocation.

DUI suspensions and restricted licenses

DMV suspends or revokes your license when it gets a DUI conviction record. Base suspensions are four months for a first qualifying event and one year with qualifying priors; a chemical test refusal is at least one year. You can end some suspensions early by getting a restricted license if you enroll in a DUI program, install and maintain a certified IID with proof, keep proof of insurance for three years, and pay reissue, restriction, and administrative fees. In some plea cases, you can apply after 90 days if you enroll in a nine‑month, 60‑hour program, install an IID, and meet all fee and insurance rules. Full restoration always requires paying all fees (including Section 14905 fees) and proof of financial responsibility. Courts must order education programs and may order an IID for certain plea cases; some court‑referred cases carry a 10‑month suspension before reinstatement steps.

Lower IID costs and device standards

IID makers must use income‑based fees. You pay 10% of costs at or below 100% of the federal poverty level, 25% at 101–200%, 50% at 201–300% (and 50% if you get CalFresh), 90% at 301–400%, and 100% above that. The manufacturer covers the rest and must verify income. The state certifies devices through accredited testing, posts an approved list, sets 60‑day maintenance standards, and limits sharing of personal data. Makers pay certification and oversight costs and can be fined up to $1,000 if they fail to inform you about the fee rules.

Future IID orders and timelines

Starting January 1, 2033, a court may order a first‑offense DUI driver to install an IID and bar driving unless the car has an IID, with extra weight if BAC was 0.15%+, there were multiple prior moving violations, or there was a test refusal. Also starting January 1, 2033, if you are convicted of certain license offenses after prior DUI convictions, you must immediately install an IID for one, two, or three years based on your priors. The law sets which sections took effect in 2019 and which end or begin on January 1, 2033.

Moving states: ending a CA suspension

DMV may end a California suspension or revocation so a person who now lives in another state can apply for a license there, once the mandatory period ends and residency is proven. If that person applies for a California license within three years, DMV blocks it until they qualify for reinstatement. DMV can waive the three‑year block if the person shows proof of insurance and DUI program completion.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Cottie Petrie-Norris

    Democratic • House

  • Rhodesia Ransom

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Juan Alanis

    Republican • House

  • Bob Archuleta

    Democratic • Senate

  • Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

    Democratic • House

  • Blanca Blanca Rubio

    Democratic • House

  • Phillip Chen

    Republican • House

  • Heath Flora

    Republican • House

  • James Gallagher

    Republican • House

  • John Harabedian

    Democratic • House

  • Maggy Krell

    Democratic • House

  • Tom Lackey

    Republican • House

  • Mark Mark González

    Democratic • House

  • Stephanie Nguyen

    Democratic • House

  • Blanca Pacheco

    Democratic • House

  • Sharon Quirk-Silva

    Democratic • House

  • Chris Rogers

    Democratic • House

  • Pilar Schiavo

    Democratic • House

  • Esmeralda Soria

    Democratic • House

  • Catherine Stefani

    Democratic • House

  • Greg Wallis

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 233 • No: 0

House vote 9/13/2025

Item 1000 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 78 • No: 0

Senate vote 9/12/2025

Item 34 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 37 • No: 0

legislature vote 8/29/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 7 • No: 0

legislature vote 8/18/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 7 • No: 0

legislature vote 7/15/2025

Vote in CS72

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote 6/2/2025

Item 332 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 78 • No: 0

legislature vote 5/23/2025

Vote in CX25

Yes: 11 • No: 0

legislature vote 4/29/2025

Vote in CX18

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2025.

    10/13/2025Senate
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    10/13/2025legislature
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    9/24/2025legislature
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3478.).

    9/13/2025House
  5. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)

    9/13/2025House
  6. Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

    9/13/2025House
  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

    9/13/2025House
  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3004.).

    9/12/2025Senate
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    9/2/2025Senate
  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    8/29/2025Senate
  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    8/29/2025Senate
  12. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    8/18/2025Senate
  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    7/16/2025Senate
  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15).

    7/15/2025Senate
  15. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    6/11/2025Senate
  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    6/3/2025Senate
  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1901.)

    6/2/2025House
  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    5/27/2025House
  19. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    5/23/2025House
  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

    5/23/2025House
  21. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

    5/23/2025House
  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    5/14/2025House
  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    5/5/2025House
  24. Read second time and amended.

    5/1/2025House
  25. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29).

    4/30/2025House

Bill Text

  • Chaptered

    10/13/2025

  • Enrolled

    9/16/2025

  • Amended Senate

    8/29/2025

  • Amended Senate

    7/16/2025

  • Amended Assembly

    5/23/2025

  • Amended Assembly

    5/1/2025

  • Introduced

    2/3/2025

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