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AB 438

Authors

Hadwick

Subject

Authorized emergency vehicles.

Relating To

relating to vehicles.

Title

An act to amend Section 2416 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

Last Action Dt

2025-10-01

State

Chaptered

Status

Chaptered

Active?

Vote Required

Majority

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-10-01		Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-01		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-11		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04		Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2902.).
2025-09-02		In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-02		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2412.).
2025-06-24		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-06-23		From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-06-10		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-29		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-05-28		Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-05-15		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-15		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)
2025-05-08		Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-05-07		From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
2025-04-22		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-08		Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-04-07		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13		Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-12		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-18		Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-02-07		From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2025-02-06		Read first time. To print.

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Chaptered		2025-10-01
Enrolled		2025-09-08
Amended Senate		2025-05-29
Amended Assembly		2025-04-07
Amended Assembly		2025-03-12
Introduced		2025-02-06

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								Any vehicle maintained in whole or in part by the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, and privately owned and operated by a marshal, deputy marshal, or person who is a member of, receives salary from, and is regularly employed by, a police department or sheriff’s department, if the state, a city, a county, or a city and county
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								Firefighting or rescue equipment designed and operated exclusively as such.
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								A privately owned ambulance licensed pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 2500).
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								Any vehicle other than a privately owned
						ambulance used by privately owned ambulance operators exclusively to transport medical supplies, lifesaving equipment, or personnel to the scene of an emergency when a request for medical supplies, lifesaving equipment, or personnel has been made by any person or public agency responsible for providing emergency medical transportation. The vehicle shall display a sign or lettering not less than two and one-half inches in height, in a color providing a sharp contrast to its background, on each side showing the name of the ambulance operator.
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								Any vehicle owned and operated by an office or department of a city, county, city and county, or district that is designated by an ordinance adopted by the governing body of that local agency as a hazardous materials response team vehicle for response to hazardous materials
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								Any vehicle owned by a county, city, or city and county office of emergency services only while that vehicle is being used by a public employee who is employed by the office in responding to any disaster, including, but not limited to, a fire, flood, earthquake, tsunami, or hazardous materials spill.
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Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to issue authorized emergency vehicle permits for certain vehicles, including any vehicle owned and operated by a public utility and any vehicle owned and operated by a fire company, as specified, upon a finding that the vehicle is used in responding to emergency calls for fire or law enforcement, the immediate preservation of life or property, or the apprehension of law violators. This bill would authorize the commissioner to issue an emergency vehicle permit to any vehicle owned by a county, city, or city and county office of emergency services only while that vehicle is being used by a public employee who is employed by the office in responding to any disaster.