republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: driving under the influence (DUI): ignition interlock device."
description: "(1) Existing law requires all manufacturers of ignition interlock devices that meet specified requirements and are certified in a manner approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles, that intend to market the devices in this state, to first apply to the department on forms provided by the department and to pay an accompanying fee in an amount not to exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department in carrying out those provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 91"
citation: "California AB 91 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: driving under the influence (DUI): ignition interlock device."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-01-06"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f959887d-fde0-4ead-93cd-4dc226e2fcb4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91"
source_hash: "5d9b86cd022faf75e35bdfd1b021f6a2b80cfe6763bfe3f198cc81f0022b4ea9"
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 AB 91 (20092010) — Vehicles: driving under the influence (DUI): ignition interlock device.

(1) Existing law requires all manufacturers of ignition interlock devices that meet specified requirements and are certified in a manner approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles, that intend to market the devices in this state, to first apply to the department on forms provided by the department and to pay an accompanying fee in an amount not to exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department in carrying out those provisions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/06/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9199INT)
2. **03/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9198AMD)
3. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9197AMD)
4. **04/21/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9196AMD)
5. **05/04/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9195AMD)
6. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9194AMD)
7. **07/16/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9193AMD)
8. **08/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9192AMD)
9. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9190CHP)
10. **AB91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91)
11. **09/11/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB91&version=20090AB9191ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 91 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB91 Feuer By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 91 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- De La Torre — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-01-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-07** From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
- **2009-02-23** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1945.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2172.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3160.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 217, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f959887d-fde0-4ead-93cd-4dc226e2fcb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).