20250AB__187498AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-12 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-26 REVISED 2026-04-14 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Members Wilson and Ellis (Coauthors: Assembly Members Davies and Macedo) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Wilson LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ellis COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Davies COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Macedo

An act to amend

Section of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: driver’s license suspension and revocation. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to immediately revoke the driving privilege of a person upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of, among other things, certain types of manslaughter. Existing law prohibits the department from reinstating that driving privilege until years after the date of revocation.

This bill would additionally prohibit the department from reinstating the driving privilege of a person convicted of those specified crimes and sentenced to incarceration in the state prison or county jail until years after the date of release.

Existing law authorizes or requires the court to suspend or revoke the driving privileges, or to order the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend or revoke the driving privileges, of a person who is convicted of certain offenses, including, among others, driving under the influence or reckless driving.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>This bill would specify that the court-ordered period of license suspension or revocation would commence when a person is released from custody, as specified.</xhtml:p>"?> 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: 13351. (

a) The department immediately shall revoke the privilege of a person to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of any of the following crimes or offenses:

(1) Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, except when convicted under paragraph (2) of subdivision (

c) of

Section of the Penal Code.

(2) Conviction of three or more violations of

Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, or within a period of months from the time of the first offense to the third or subsequent offense, or a combination of three or more convictions of violations within the same period.

(3) Violation of subdivision (

a) of

Section 191.5 or subdivision (

a) of

Section 192.5 of the Penal Code or of

Section 2800.3 causing serious bodily injury resulting in a serious impairment of physical condition, including, but not limited to, loss of consciousness, concussion, serious bone fracture, protracted loss or impairment of function of any bodily member or organ, and serious disfigurement. (

b) The department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (

a) until the expiration of three years after the date of revocation and until the person whose privilege was revoked gives proof of financial responsibility, as defined in

Section 16430. (

c) For individuals convicted of crimes described in subdivision (

a) who are imprisoned in a county jail or state prison as a result of the conviction or convictions, the department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (

a) until the expiration of three years after the person’s release from confinement or imprisonment, and until the person whose privilege was revoked gives proof of financial responsibility, as defined in

Section 16430. <caml:Num>SECTION 1.</caml:Num><caml:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" xlink:href="urn:caml:codes:VEH:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'13107'%5D)" xlink:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" xlink:type="locator">Section is added to the <caml:DocName>Vehicle Code</caml:DocName>, to read:</caml:ActionLine><caml:Fragment><caml:LawSection id="id_F705542F-EB5D-4801-B3A7-E4AAFEA2E78E"><caml:Num>13107.</caml:Num><caml:LawSectionVersion id="id_BE028D1C-9C19-48F0-8ED2-9AD4C58D0C71"><caml:Content><xhtml:p>(a)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a court imposes a suspension, as defined in

Section 13102, or a revocation, as defined in

Section 13101, of a person’s driver’s license as part of a criminal sentence, the period of suspension or revocation shall commence upon the person’s release from custody, as defined in

Section of the Penal Code.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(b)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>A court shall not order any period of driver’s license suspension or revocation to run concurrently with any period of incarceration in a county jail, a state prison, or any other custodial facility.</xhtml:p><xhtml:p>(c)<xhtml:span class="EnSpace"/>Nothing in this

section alters, limits, or delays any administrative action taken by the Department of Motor Vehicles, including actions taken pursuant to

Article of

Chapter of Division 6 (commencing with

Section 13350).</xhtml:p></caml:Content></caml:LawSectionVersion></caml:LawSection></caml:Fragment></caml:BillSection>"?> REVISIONS: Heading—Lines and 2.