Bill
HB 2886
HB 2886 strengthens penalties and enforcement for use of ignition interlock devices, including lending vehicles to IID drivers and stricter reporting and duration rules.
Status & sponsor
- Introduced: February 14, 2025
- Primary sponsor: Rep. Kevin Volk
- Current status: Referred to Rules (committee activity and hearings occurred; reported as substituted in committee and placed on the General State Calendar)
- Statute amended: Arizona Revised Statutes § 28‑1464
- Companion: SB 1038
Purpose / intent
- To strengthen enforcement and penalties surrounding the use of certified ignition interlock devices (IIDs) for drivers whose driving privileges are limited or restricted because of impaired‑driving convictions or related orders, and to tighten obligations and reporting requirements for vehicle owners, IID service providers, and manufacturers.
Key provisions and changes
- Required IID in rented/borrowed vehicles (subsection A)
- Except during a “substantial emergency,” a person may not knowingly rent, lease, or lend a motor vehicle to someone whose driving privilege is limited under A.R.S. §§ 28‑1381, 28‑1382, 28‑1383, 28‑3319 or restricted under § 28‑1402 unless the vehicle has a functioning certified IID.
- A new aggravated criminal penalty: a person who knowingly lends such a vehicle in violation of this provision, and the vehicle is involved in a collision that results in death or “serious physical injury” (per A.R.S. § 13‑105), is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
- General prohibitions
- Drivers subject to IID requirements must notify lenders/renters of those special operating requirements.
- Drivers required to use an IID may not request or allow another person to breathe into the device or start the IID‑equipped vehicle for them.
- Any person (other than authorized IID service providers or their agents) is prohibited from tampering with or circumventing an IID.
- Drivers ordered to operate only IID‑equipped vehicles may not operate a vehicle without a functioning certified IID except during a “substantial emergency.”
- Reporting and verification
- If an IID is removed from a vehicle by a service provider, the IID manufacturer must electronically notify the Department of Transportation (or “the department”) in department‑prescribed form.
- A person required to use IIDs must provide evidence to the department within 72 hours that a functioning certified IID has been installed in each vehicle they operate; failure to do so triggers suspension of the special IID‑restricted license/privilege under § 28‑1463.
- Testing on arrest
- A person ordered by the court or required by the department under § 28‑3319 to equip vehicles with an IID must, while under arrest, submit to any test an officer chooses under § 28‑1321(A).
- Penalties and administrative consequences
- Violations of § 28‑1464 are generally a Class 1 misdemeanor.
- Exception: the knowingly‑lending provision that leads to death/serious injury is a Class 6 felony.
- If convicted of violating subsections B, C, E, or G (notification, allowing others to blow/start, tampering, or operating without IID), the department must extend the IID requirement period by up to one additional year.
- Definition
- “Substantial emergency” is defined to mean that a person other than the restricted/limited driver is not reasonably available to drive in response to an emergency.
Who is affected
- Drivers with limited or restricted driving privileges under the cited statutes (typically those subject to IID conditions following impaired‑driving actions).
- Vehicle owners, renters, lessors and lenders who may knowingly provide vehicles to such drivers.
- IID service providers and manufacturers (new electronic notification duty).
- Arizona Department of Transportation and courts (administrative suspensions, enforcement).
- Law enforcement (testing authority and enforcement of new criminal provisions).
Procedural / timeline notes (selected)
- Introduced Feb 14, 2025.
- Read and referred to committee; public hearings held Mar 25 and Apr 1, 2025.
- Committee substitute considered and reported favorably as substituted (Apr 1, 2025).
- Committee report transmitted to Calendars (Apr 8–9, 2025); placed on General State Calendar (Apr 28, 2025); later laid on the table subject to call.
- Referred to Rules at various points during processing.
Potential impact
- Raises the legal risk for individuals who knowingly lend vehicles to drivers required to use IIDs, adding a felony exposure in cases that result in death or serious injury.
- Tightens enforcement mechanics (72‑hour proof, manufacturer reporting) which could improve compliance monitoring but may increase administrative/operational burdens on IID vendors and the motor vehicle department.
- Extends IID durations as a consequence of certain convictions, increasing the time affected drivers remain subject to IID requirements.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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