Driving under the influence: ignition interlock device.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to immediately suspend a person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time if the person has driven a motor vehicle when the person had a certain blood-alcohol concentration. Existing law authorizes certain individuals, whose privilege is suspended pursuant to that provision to receive a restricted driver's license if specified requirements are met, including the completion of specified periods of license suspension or revocation.
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SB 61
California SB 61 (20152016)
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Driving under the influence: ignition interlock device.
California SB 61 (20152016) — Driving under the influence: ignition interlock device.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to immediately suspend a person's privilege to operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time if the person has driven a motor vehicle when the person had a certain blood-alcohol concentration. Existing law authorizes certain individuals, whose privilege is suspended pursuant to that provision to receive a restricted driver's license if specified requirements are met, including the completion of specified periods of license suspension or revocation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 61 Hill Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Bonilla — coauthor (person)
Cooley — coauthor (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Levine — coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
Lopez — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Patterson — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Steinorth — coauthor (person)
Vidak — coauthor (person)
Wagner — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-12-29 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-12-30 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 29.
2015-01-05 Read first time. reading-1
2015-01-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-03-06 Set for hearing March 24.
2015-03-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 404.) (March 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
2015-04-15 April 20 hearing postponed by committee.
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 27.
2015-04-27 April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1146.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1195.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-15 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2693.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-31 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5883b885-55a6-4157-9b7e-52317a0c18bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).