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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 953: Driving record: points: vehicular manslaughter.

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 953 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Driving record: points: vehicular manslaughter. Primary sponsor: Roger Niello (R). It lists 2 additional sponsors. 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 defines vehicular manslaughter as, among other things, driving a vehicle in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony, or driving a vehicle in the commission of a lawful act that might produce death, in an unlawful manner, that results in the unlawful killing of a human being without malice. Under existing law, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, as defined, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 4, or 6 years, and vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year. Existing law authorizes a judge in the superior court in which a misdemeanor is being prosecuted to offer diversion to a defendant, and requires the judge, at the end of the diversion period and if the defendant has complied with the imposed terms and conditions, to dismiss the action against the defendant.

Existing law imposes 2 violation points against a driver’s record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive if a driver is convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

This bill would impose 2 violation points against a driver’s record for a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter violation that was dismissed by a judge upon the completion of diversion.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roger NielloPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Bob ArchuletaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Tom LackeyCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly34

“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: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
  5. Coauthors revised.
  6. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS.
  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4417.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  9. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).
  12. Set for hearing May 14.

Sources

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