July 7, 2026: LADA-Sponsored Bill Targeting Repeat DUI Offenders Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee

The bill includes "Braun's Law" in honor of Braun Levi, an 18-year-old Loyola High School student who was killed by a recidivist drunk driver last year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A DUI reform bill sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to strengthen California's drunk driving laws has passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee after it unanimously passed the Senate with bipartisan support in May 2026. SB 907 (Sen. Bob Archuleta, D-Los Angeles) is co-sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Orange County District Attorney's Office and CA Safe Roads Coalition.

"Losing a child is unimaginable. Losing a child to a careless decision is infuriating. The pain and loss that Braun Levi's family and thousands of others in California face when they are told their loved one was killed by a drunk driver and isn't coming home is unthinkable," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "My office frequently sees cases of impaired drivers with previous DUI convictions reoffend, yet still face consequences under current law that do not reflect the seriousness or repeated nature of their conduct. This must change."

The LADA-sponsored bill includes "Braun's Law" in honor of Braun Levi, an 18-year-old Loyola High School student who was killed by a recidivist drunk driver in Manhattan Beach last year. Braun's Law would ensure that drivers whose DUI charges are pled down to a lesser or different charge are advised with a Watson Warning of the serious consequences of driving while impaired, which include being charged with second-degree murder if they drive while intoxicated and kill someone.

"Thank you to Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney and Legislative Advocate Tamar Tokat for spearheading this bill on behalf of the Office and bringing it one step closer to becoming state law. I also thank Sen. Archuleta and Jennifer Levi, Braun Levi's mother, for championing this important legislation and our co-sponsors for their dedication to improving public safety. We urge the Assembly to pass SB 907 and for Governor Newsom to sign it in order to help save lives from these senseless and preventable offenses."

The bill also increases penalties for committing a hit-and-run causing injury or death if the driver has a prior conviction for DUI, wet reckless, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated or gross vehicular manslaughter within the past 10 years.

SB 907 now moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. If it passes that committee, the bill will move to the Assembly floor for a full vote.