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type: "Bill"
title: "Driving under the influence: ignition interlock device."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "California SB 61 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driving under the influence: ignition interlock device."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-12-29"
last_action: "2015-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5883b885-55a6-4157-9b7e-52317a0c18bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61"
source_hash: "c5590825b32546a5df8496bb7f01556a13ed51b90aa909042bd8ea38a0693f88"
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 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.
1. **12/29/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61&version=20150SB6199INT)
2. **03/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61&version=20150SB6198AMD)
3. **04/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61&version=20150SB6197AMD)
4. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61&version=20150SB6195CHP)
5. **SB61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61)
6. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB61&version=20150SB6196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- SB 61 Hill Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5883b885-55a6-4157-9b7e-52317a0c18bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).