20250SB__115695AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-18 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-03-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-04-09 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-06-11 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-06-24 2025 SB AMD Introduced by Senator Caballero (Coauthor: Senator Archuleta) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Caballero COAUTHOR SENATE Archuleta

An act to add

Section 1656.25 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: driving under the influence. Existing law makes it a crime to operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and sets forth the penalties for a violation of these provisions. Under existing law, if a person is convicted of a driving under the influence violation and the offense occurs within years of one or more separate driving under the influence violations that resulted in convictions, the offense is subject to escalating fines, suspensions, and other sanctions. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon an appropriation from the Legislature, to provide, as appropriate, a

summary of the penalties for specified violations involving alcohol or drugs on specified vehicle registration materials and with each driver’s license, and license renewal, as specified. The bill would require the department’s

summary to include, among other things, the financial consequences of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs, and annual updates to DUI-related statutes. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 1656.25 is added to the Vehicle Code , to read: 1656.25. (

a) The department shall, upon an appropriation from the Legislature, include, as appropriate, a

summary of the penalties for violations of Sections to 23249.50, inclusive, and Sections to 23675, inclusive, with each motor vehicle registration, registration renewal, and transfer of registration, and with each driver’s license, and license renewal. This subdivision does not apply to an application for vehicle registration, vehicle registration renewal, transfer of registration, driver’s license, or driver’s license renewal processed by a registration service, as defined in

Section 505.2, or a private industry partner contracted with the department pursuant to

Section 1685. (

b) The printed

summary shall contain, but is not limited to, all of the following information:

(1) Criminal penalties associated with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

(2) Administrative consequences associated with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including driver’s license suspension or revocation, or prohibition of buying alcohol.

(3) Financial consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including fines and fees.

(4) Risks to public safety associated with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

(5) Annual updates to DUI-related statutes. (

c) For digital registration systems, the department shall ensure that the

summary information is displayed prominently before user interaction as a pop-up window and on any redirected internet website page. (

d) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain the educational provisions of the physical materials under this

section once the digital registration system is available and accessible to the public.