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CA AB 438

enacted

Authorized emergency vehicles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 438 pass?

Yes. CA AB 438 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 438 about?

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.

Who sponsors CA AB 438?

Hadwick is the primary sponsor of CA AB 438.

Description

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.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hadwickauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-07

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  4. 2025-03-12

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

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  5. 2025-03-13

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2025-04-07

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

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  7. 2025-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  8. 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.

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  9. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).

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  10. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  11. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)

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  12. 2025-05-15

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  14. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 2025-06-23

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  17. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2412.).

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  19. 2025-09-02

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  20. 2025-09-04

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2902.).

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  21. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  22. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/06/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-06Compare
  • 03/12/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-12Compare
  • 04/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-07Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB438Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-21 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Papan: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 438 Hadwick Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-15 · pass · 69-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Hart: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Caloza: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-06-10 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: other
    • Gonzalez: other

  • 3rd Reading AB438 Hadwick By Limón

    2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • AB 438 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-04 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Ahrens: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438

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