20250AB__168597AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-02 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-26 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-13 REVISED 2026-04-21 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Members Lackey and Petrie-Norris (Principal coauthor: Senator Archuleta) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Hadwick) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lackey LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Petrie-Norris PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR SENATE Archuleta COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Hadwick

An act to amend Sections and of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Driving privilege: points. Existing law requires all records of the Department of Motor Vehicles relating to the registration of vehicles, other information contained on an application for a driver’s license, abstracts of convictions, and certain abstracts of accident reports to be open to public inspection during office hours, except when a specific provision of law prohibits the disclosure of records or information or provides for confidentiality.

Of these records, existing law requires the department to make available or disclose abstracts of convictions and abstracts of accident reports if, for driving under the influence-related violations, the date of occurrence is not later than years. This bill would also require the department to make available or disclose these abstracts or reports within years of the occurrence for a violation of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence.

Existing law establishes that specified convictions, violations, and traffic-related incidents count as points against a driver’s record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive. Existing law imposes violation points against a driver’s record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive if a driver is convicted of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated but without gross negligence. This bill would impose violation points against a driver’s record for a conviction of the gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence.

MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 1808. (

a) Except where a specific provision of law prohibits the disclosure of records or information or provides for confidentiality, all records of the department relating to the registration of vehicles, other information contained on an application for a driver’s license, abstracts of convictions, and abstracts of accident reports required to be sent to the department in Sacramento, except for abstracts of accidents where, in the opinion of a reporting officer, another individual was at fault, shall be open to public inspection during office hours. All abstracts of accident reports shall be available to law enforcement agencies and courts of competent jurisdiction. (

b) The department shall make available or disclose abstracts of convictions and abstracts of accident reports required to be sent to the department in Sacramento, as described in subdivision (a), if the date of the occurrence is not later than the following:

(1) Ten years for a violation pursuant to subdivision (

a) of

Section 191.5 of the Penal Code, or

Section 23140, 23152, or 23153.

(2) Seven years for a violation designated as two points pursuant to

Section 12810, except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subdivision.

(3) Three years for accidents and all other violations. (

c) The department shall make available or disclose suspensions and revocations of the driving privilege while the suspension or revocation is in effect and for three years following termination of the action or reinstatement of the privilege, except that driver’s license suspension actions taken pursuant to former Sections 13202.6 and 13202.7,

Section of the Family Code, or

Section or former

Section 11350.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall be disclosed only during the actual time period in which the suspension is in effect. (

d) The department shall not make available or disclose a suspension or revocation that has been judicially set aside or stayed. (

e) The department shall not make available or disclose personal information about a person unless the disclosure is in compliance with the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C.

Sec. 2721 et seq.). However, a disclosure is subject to the prohibition in paragraph (2) of subdivision (

a) of

Section 12800.5. (

f) The department shall make available or disclose to the courts and law enforcement agencies a conviction of

Section 23103, as specified in

Section 23103.5, or a conviction of

Section 23140, 23152, or 23153, or

Section of the Harbors and Navigation Code, or paragraph (1) of subdivision (

c) of

Section of the Penal Code for a period of years from the date of the offense for the purpose of imposing penalties mandated by this code, or by other applicable provisions of California law. (

g) The department shall make available or disclose to the courts and law enforcement agencies a conviction of

Section 191.5, or subdivision (

a) of

Section 192.5 of the Penal Code, punished as a felony, for the purpose of imposing penalties mandated by

Section 23550.5, or by other applicable provisions of California law.

SEC. 2.

Section of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 12810. In determining the violation point count, the following shall apply: (

a) A conviction of failure to stop in the event of an accident in violation of

Section or shall be given a value of two points. (

b) A conviction of a violation of

Section or shall be given a value of two points. (

c) A conviction of reckless driving shall be given a value of two points. (d)

(1) A conviction of a violation of subdivision (

b) of

Section 191.5 or subdivision (

c) of

Section of the Penal Code, or of

Section 2800.2 or 2800.3, subdivision (

b) of

Section 21651, subdivision (

b) of

Section 22348, subdivision (

a) or (

c) of

Section 23109,

Section 23109.1, or

Section of this code, shall be given a value of two points.

(2) A conviction of a violation of subdivision (

a) or (

b) of

Section shall be given a value of two points.

(3) A conviction of a violation of subdivision (

a) of

Section 191.5 of the Penal Code shall be given a value of three points. (

e) A conviction of a violation of

Section 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 14601.3, or 14601.5 shall be given a value of two points. (

f) Except as provided in subdivision (i), any other traffic conviction involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle upon the highway shall be given a value of one point. (

g) A traffic accident in which the operator is deemed by the department to be responsible shall be given a value of one point. (

h) A conviction of a violation of

Section or 27360.5 shall be given a value of one point. (i)

(1) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of subdivision (

b) of

Section shall not result in a violation point count being given to the driver if the driver is not the owner of the vehicle.

(2) A conviction of a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (

b) of

Section 12814.6, subdivision (

a) of

Section 21116,

Section 21207.5, 21708, 21710, 21716, 23120, 24800, or shall not be given a violation point count.

(3) A violation of subdivision (

d) of

Section shall not result in a violation point count.

(4) A violation of

Section shall not result in a violation point count.

(5) A violation of

Section 38301, 38301.3, 38301.5, 38304.1, or 38504.1 shall not result in a violation point count. (

j) A conviction for only one violation arising from one occasion of arrest or citation shall be counted in determining the violation point count for the purposes of this section. REVISIONS: Heading—Line 3.