---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency vehicles."
description: "Existing law prohibits any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, from being equipped with a siren. Existing law requires an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a siren that meets requirements set forth by the Department of the California Highway Patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 909"
citation: "California SB 909 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b21d276-1e4e-45db-8a94-ff86219d7a42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909"
source_hash: "61c3aab2a844598c63c42e94958c5078a51b134567cbdaf569b573310e28159b"
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 SB 909 (20192020) — Emergency vehicles.

Existing law prohibits any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, from being equipped with a siren. Existing law requires an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a siren that meets requirements set forth by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/03/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909&version=20190SB90999INT)
2. **03/16/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909&version=20190SB90998AMD)
3. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909&version=20190SB90997AMD)
4. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909&version=20190SB90995CHP)
5. **SB909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909)
6. **09/02/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB909&version=20190SB90996ENR)

## Votes

- SB 909 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB909 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB909 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Set for hearing May 29.
- **2020-05-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3622.) (May 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3683.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-28** July 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5278.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 262, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b21d276-1e4e-45db-8a94-ff86219d7a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).