Bill Text: CA AB2600 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles: driving privilege: marijuana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-16 - In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. [AB2600 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2600-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2600 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Norby FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to add Section 13202.51 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2600, as introduced, Norby. Vehicles: driving privilege: marijuana. Existing law authorizes a court to suspend the privilege of any person to operate a motor vehicle, or to order the Department of Motor Vehicles to revoke this privilege, upon conviction of any offense related to controlled substances when the use of a motor vehicle was involved in, or incidental to, the commission of the offense. Existing law requires a court to order the department to revoke this privilege upon conviction of a violation of specified offenses relating to controlled substances, including, but not limited to, the possession of not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, when a motor vehicle was involved in, or incidental to, the commission of the offense. This bill would prohibit a person's driving privilege from being suspended or revoked for a conviction of possession of not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, or of possessing not more than one avoirdupois ounce of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway or on certain off-highway lands. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 13202.51 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read: 13202.51. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 13202 and 13202.5, a person's driving privilege shall not be suspended or revoked for conviction of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 11357 of the Health and Safety Code or subdivision (b) of Section 23222. (b) As used in this section, "conviction" includes a finding in a juvenile proceeding specified in Section 13105.