AB 1685: Driving privilege: points.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2026-04-13
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-05-14: From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
Existing law requires all records of the Department of Motor Vehicles relating to the registration of vehicles, other information contained on an application for a drivers license, abstracts of convictions, and certain abstracts of accident reports to be open to public inspection during office hours, except when a specific provision of law prohibits the disclosure of records or information or provides for confidentiality. Of these records, existing law requires the department to make available or disclose abstracts of convictions and abstracts of accident reports if, for driving under the influence-related violations, the date of occurrence is not later than 10 years.
This bill would also require the department to make available or disclose these abstracts or reports within 10 years of the occurrence for a violation of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence.
Existing law establishes that specified convictions, violations, and traffic-related incidents count as points against a drivers record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive. Existing law imposes 2 violation points each against a drivers record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive if a driver is convicted of vehicular manslaughter, including driving a vehicle in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony, and with gross negligence, or driving a vehicle in connection with automobile insurance fraud where the vehicular collision or accident was knowingly caused for financial gain and proximately resulted in the death of any person. manslaughter while intoxicated but without gross negligence.
This bill would increase the violation points to 3 impose 3 violation points against a drivers record for a conviction of the above-described driving offenses. gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence.
Discussed in Hearing
9MINAssembly Standing Committee on Transportation
15MIN