(1) Existing law regulates the operation of firefighting equipment, as defined, and permits certain persons employed as a firefighter or registered as a volunteer firefighter to operate firefighting equipment only if the person holds a class A, class B, or class C license, with certain exceptions, and a firefighter endorsement issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, after providing to the department proof of current employment or registration as a volunteer firefighter with a fire department and evidence of fire equipment operation training, passing the written firefighter examination developed by the department with the cooperation of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and submitting a report of medical examination on a department-approved form.
California AB 82 (20112012) — Vehicles: firefighting equipment.
(1) Existing law regulates the operation of firefighting equipment, as defined, and permits certain persons employed as a firefighter or registered as a volunteer firefighter to operate firefighting equipment only if the person holds a class A, class B, or class C license, with certain exceptions, and a firefighter endorsement issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, after providing to the department proof of current employment or registration as a volunteer firefighter with a fire department and evidence of fire equipment operation training, passing the written firefighter examination developed by the department with the cooperation of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and submitting a report of medical examination on a department-approved form.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 33–0 (pass) · upper
AB 82 JEFFRIES Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Jeffries — primary (person)
Chesbro — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
2011-01-27 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2011-02-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-02-24 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 981.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1688.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca806547-a770-4808-92cb-5fc43fed50ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).