Bill would require ignition interlock devices for all alcohol-involved DUI convictions
Assembly Bill 18 30 would replace California's pilot program with a statewide ignition interlock requirement for alcohol-involved DUI convictions, expand financial assistance, and add reporting and enforcement provisions; the Senate Transportation Committee voted to pass the bill to appropriations after hours of testimony for and against.
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Assemblymember Petrie Norris told the Senate Transportation Committee that Assembly Bill 18 30 would "replace the limited repeatedly extended pilot program with 1 permanent statewide IID ignition interlock device program" and would require an ignition interlock device for every alcohol-involved DUI conviction, including some first-time offenders. She said the bill consolidates overlapping statutes into "a single and coherent framework" and expands a financial-assistance program to prevent cost from blocking compliance.
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