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Panel advances bill letting judges restrict alcohol purchases for repeat DUI offenders
Summary
AB 16 05 would allow judges to place a 'no alcohol sales' notice on licenses for repeat or serious DUI offenders, adding a tool alongside ignition interlocks and treatment. Law enforcement groups and victim advocates supported the measure; retailers raised implementation concerns. The subcommittee moved the bill as amended to appropriations.
Assemblymember Ransom, presenting AB 16 05, described the bill as a "targeted common sense tool" allowing judges to prohibit alcohol purchases for repeat and serious DUI offenders by placing a "no alcohol sales" notice on driver's licenses. "If you are a serious or repeat offender then you should not be able to have access to alcohol," the author said, framing the proposal as prevention to reduce…
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