--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: alcohol and marijuana: penalties." description: "Existing law makes it an infraction to drink any alcoholic beverage while driving a motor vehicle upon any highway or on other specified lands. Existing law also prohibits a driver or passenger from drinking any alcoholic beverage while in a motor vehicle upon a highway, and makes a violation of this provision punishable as an infraction." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 65" citation: "California SB 65 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: alcohol and marijuana: penalties."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 9 action_count: 32 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2016-12-29" last_action: "2017-09-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5470de13-3650-4d0a-8849-5aca2e903154" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65" source_hash: "2c4bf053f25165bd7ba8f3e200292b81637c336b7aea169ec43d534c4bc23637" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 65 (20172018) — Vehicles: alcohol and marijuana: penalties. Existing law makes it an infraction to drink any alcoholic beverage while driving a motor vehicle upon any highway or on other specified lands. Existing law also prohibits a driver or passenger from drinking any alcoholic beverage while in a motor vehicle upon a highway, and makes a violation of this provision punishable as an infraction. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **12/29/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6599INT) 2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6598AMD) 3. **03/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6597AMD) 4. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6596AMD) 5. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6595AMD) 6. **05/11/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6594AMD) 7. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6592CHP) 8. **SB65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65) 9. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB65&version=20170SB6593ENR) ## Votes - SB 65 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Lackey — principal coauthor (person) - Low — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-12-29** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2017-01-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 2. - **2017-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2017-01-12** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 28. - **2017-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-03-21** March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-03-22** Set for hearing April 4. - **2017-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 25. - **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 854.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-05-05** Set for hearing May 15. - **2017-05-09** May 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-05-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-16** Set for hearing May 22. - **2017-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1259.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-17** Coauthors revised. - **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2768.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5470de13-3650-4d0a-8849-5aca2e903154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).