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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1156: Vehicles: driving under the influence.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1156 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Vehicles: driving under the influence. Primary sponsor: Anna Caballero (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (August 13, 2026): August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law makes it a crime to operate a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and sets forth the penalties for a violation of these provisions. Under existing law, if a person is convicted of a driving under the influence violation and the offense occurs within 10 years of one or more separate driving under the influence violations that resulted in convictions, the offense is subject to escalating fines, suspensions, and other sanctions.

This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon an appropriation from the Legislature, to provide, as appropriate, a summary of the penalties for specified violations involving alcohol or drugs on specified vehicle registration materials and with each driver’s license, and license renewal, as specified. The bill would require the department’s summary to include, among other things, the financial consequences of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs, and annual updates to DUI-related statutes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Anna CaballeroPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Bob ArchuletaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
  5. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
  6. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  7. June 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  8. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  9. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4354.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4266.) (May 14).

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page