AB 397 California Assembly · 2019-2020 Regular Session

Vehicles: driving under the influence.

Summary

Existing law makes it a crime for a person who is under the influence of a drug to drive a vehicle. Existing law also makes it a crime for a person to drive under the influence and proximately cause bodily harm to another person, as specified. Existing law requires the superior court to provide a disposition report to the Department of Justice when the court disposes of a case for which an arrest for certain crimes was made and requires that the report contain specified information. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2022, require the disposition report made by the superior court for a conviction for driving under the influence of cannabis to state that the conviction was due to cannabis. Existing law makes it an infraction for a person to have in their possession on their person while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway or on specified lands any receptacle containing any cannabis or cannabis products, as defined, which has been opened or has a seal broken, or loose cannabis flower not in a container. This bill would make technical changes to that provision by updating a cross-reference.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2019

Committee Review

Aug 2019

Assembly Passage

May 2019

Senate Passage

Sep 2019

Signed into Law

Oct 2019

Introduced Feb 6, 2019 Signed Oct 8, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Sep 5, 2019 · Assembly May 23, 2019

How they voted

37–0

Passed

Total votes 37

Sep 5, 2019

D Democratic28

28 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican9

9 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Oct 8, 2019

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Sep 9, 2019

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3153.).

lower

Sep 6, 2019

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

lower

Sep 5, 2019

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2578.).

upper

Aug 30, 2019

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

upper

Aug 30, 2019

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30).

upper

Aug 12, 2019

Committee

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

upper

Jul 11, 2019

Upper · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9).

upper

Jun 26, 2019

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

upper

Jun 6, 2019

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

May 23, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1931.)

lower

May 16, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

lower

May 16, 2019

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16).

lower

Apr 3, 2019

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

Mar 25, 2019

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 21, 2019

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 20, 2019

Lower · Passed

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 19).

lower

Feb 15, 2019

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

lower

Feb 7, 2019

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor