Gov. signed SB 907, known as Braun’s Law, and a package of bills that tighten penalties for repeat DUI offenders, the governor’s office said Sept. 25, 2026.
The governor’s office said SB 907 is named for Braun Levi, an 18‑year‑old Loyola High School student who, the office said, was struck and killed by a suspected repeat drunk driver in May 2025 while walking in Manhattan Beach. The law, the office said, aims to ensure that defendants whose DUI charges are pled down are made aware that a subsequent impaired‑driving act could result in a more serious charge, including murder.
The release says the package will: strengthen criminal penalties for repeat DUI offenders; impose longer license revocation periods and ignition interlock device mandates for repeat offenders; increase DMV violation points from two to three for convictions of vehicular manslaughter and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; and extend the period the DMV may revoke a driver’s license after a third DUI conviction from three years to eight years.
The governor’s office and bill authors framed the package as a public‑safety measure. Senator , who sponsored SB 907, said, “Having lost my granddaughter to a repeat drunk driver, this is personal. No family should have to endure what mine has, or what has happened to the Levi family.” Jennifer Levi, Braun’s mother, said, “Thank you to Governor Newsom and the First Partner for listening, taking action, and helping make our state safer by signing SB 907.”
The release also cited recent enforcement activity and grants. The California Highway Patrol, the release said, has made more than 50,900 DUI arrests this year, conducted 75 sobriety checkpoints and 154 saturation patrols, and delivered 64 traffic safety presentations statewide; in July 2026 the CHP awarded more than $41 million in cannabis tax‑funded grants to 183 organizations for impaired‑driving enforcement, public education, officer training and forensic testing.
Assemblymembers and other sponsors framed the bills as bipartisan steps to prevent deaths. Assemblymember said the measures aimed at strengthening penalties for repeat DUI offenders, and Assemblymember , a former CHP sergeant, said the bills are meant “to keep impaired drivers off our roads.”
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Gavin Newsom
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