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.