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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vehicles: firefighter endorsements."
+description: "Existing law provides that in order to operate firefighting equipment, a driver is required to (1) obtain and maintain a firefighter endorsement issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles and obtain and maintain a restricted class A license, a noncommercial class B license, or a class C license, as specified, or (2) obtain and maintain a class A or B license, as specified, for the size and configuration of the firefighting equipment operated. To qualify for a firefighter endorsement, existing law requires a driver to provide to the Department of Motor Vehicles proof of current employment as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter and evidence of fire equipment operation training that includes directly supervised behind-the-wheel driver training."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 2438"
+citation: "California AB 2438 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Vehicles: firefighter endorsements."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2014-02-21"
+last_action: "2014-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cebe651-a660-41a6-b494-8909ebc2c88f"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438"
+source_hash: "cae47f6ab09a0d64af151ca58b8d84c440c9ad7d38f535df86cd0eb5f9d9557e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2438 (20132014) — Vehicles: firefighter endorsements.
+
+Existing law provides that in order to operate firefighting equipment, a driver is required to (1) obtain and maintain a firefighter endorsement issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles and obtain and maintain a restricted class A license, a noncommercial class B license, or a class C license, as specified, or (2) obtain and maintain a class A or B license, as specified, for the size and configuration of the firefighting equipment operated. To qualify for a firefighter endorsement, existing law requires a driver to provide to the Department of Motor Vehicles proof of current employment as a firefighter or volunteer firefighter and evidence of fire equipment operation training that includes directly supervised behind-the-wheel driver training.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438&version=20130AB243899INT)
+2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438&version=20130AB243898AMD)
+3. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438&version=20130AB243896CHP)
+4. **AB2438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438)
+5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2438&version=20130AB243897ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2438 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent #17 AB2438 Lowenthal By Walters — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lowenthal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
+- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4765.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
+- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2014.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cebe651-a660-41a6-b494-8909ebc2c88f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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