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Bill	Vehicles: construction vehicles: backup alarms.	(1) Existing law requires a refuse or garbage truck to be equipped with an automatic backup audible alarm that sounds on backing and is capable of emitting an audible sound meeting specified requirements. A violation of this requirement is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 341	California SB 341 (20112012)	bill	Vehicles: construction vehicles: backup alarms.	enacted	Lowenthal	7	23	6	2011-02-15	2011-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2905d90f-c754-4fc6-b698-74d323fdc8fe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB341	421235b4a893dcbb1c1620c28a01d0ac64526e866a30f8c9db977ec493481145	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 341 (20112012) — Vehicles: construction vehicles: backup alarms.

(1) Existing law requires a refuse or garbage truck to be equipped with an automatic backup audible alarm that sounds on backing and is capable of emitting an audible sound meeting specified requirements. A violation of this requirement is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB341 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 341 Lowenthal Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 72–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB341 Lowenthal Concurrence — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-03-04 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2011-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 496.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2011-04-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-04-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 706.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-04-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-05-02 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2011-05-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 2333.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-07-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1912.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2011-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 235, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2905d90f-c754-4fc6-b698-74d323fdc8fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).