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.
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.
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; origin ocd-bill/1cebe651-a660-41a6-b494-8909ebc2c88f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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