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AB-2328 • 2026

Vehicles: leaving the scene of an accident.

Vehicles: leaving the scene of an accident.

Crime Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Alanis
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not mention removing an additional five-year sentence for fleeing after causing death due to drunk driving or manslaughter.

Leaving the Scene of an Accident

This law changes the punishment for leaving the scene of a car accident that results in death and requires reporting on school-based mental health programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the punishment for drivers who leave the scene of an accident where someone dies to imprisonment from 3, 4, or 5 years in state prison or up to one year in county jail, plus a specified fine.
  • Requires the Director of Health Care Services to report on the effectiveness of school-based mental health programs by June 30, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers who leave the scene of an accident where someone dies
  • The Director of Health Care Services and local educational agencies involved in school-based mental health programs

Terms To Know

School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services Matching Grant Program
A program that provides grants to schools for mental health services, with the state paying part of the cost.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much funding will be given for the school-based mental health programs.
  • It is unclear what specific recommendations the report on school-based mental health programs will include.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-03-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  3. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

  4. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  5. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  6. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2328, as amended, Alanis.
School-based early mental health intervention and prevention services.
Vehicles: leaving the scene of an accident.
Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person, other than that driver, or in the death of a person, to immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide specified personal information to the injured person or the occupants of the other vehicle and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident. Under existing law, if a vehicle accident results in injury, a person who violates the requirement to stop is subject to punishment by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a specified fine, or both the imprisonment and fine. Under existing law, if a vehicle accident results in permanent, serious injury or death, a person who violates the requirement to stop is subject to
punishment by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 3, or 4 years, or in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year, or by a specified fine, or both the imprisonment and fine. Existing law requires a person who flees the scene of the crime after committing specified vehicle manslaughter while intoxicated or vehicle manslaughter to be punished for an additional term of imprisonment of 5 years in the state prison, upon conviction, and in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed.
This bill would instead require a person who violates the requirement to stop to be subject to punishment by imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 4, or 5 years, or in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year, and by a specified fine, if the vehicle accident results in death.
Existing law, subject to funding by the Legislature, establishes the School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services Matching Grant Program, under which the Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, is authorized to award matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing programs that provide school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at schoolsites, as specified.
This bill would require the Director of Health Care Services to, on or before June 30, 2027, report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the grant program and legislative recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the grant program.

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