republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-84.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person, firm, corporation, or association that is a nongovernmental entity and contracts to perform public health and safety labor or services for a public agency from displaying on a vehicle a logo of the public agency that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying that the labor or services are being provided by employees of the public agency, unless the vehicle conspicuously displays a specified statement. Existing law similarly prohibits a person or employee of that entity from wearing a uniform bearing a logo of the public agency that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as making that implication, unless the uniform conspicuously displays the logo and specific additional information. Existing law defines \"public health and safety labor or services\" to include emergency medical services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "California SB 84 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c8700e-a2a8-4825-a92a-4ac41f1c0f9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84"
source_hash: "61b17a767f02b82803f376951e99468fedd4c1c434874ff47f749d59ba5951b0"
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 84 (20152016) — State government.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person, firm, corporation, or association that is a nongovernmental entity and contracts to perform public health and safety labor or services for a public agency from displaying on a vehicle a logo of the public agency that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying that the labor or services are being provided by employees of the public agency, unless the vehicle conspicuously displays a specified statement. Existing law similarly prohibits a person or employee of that entity from wearing a uniform bearing a logo of the public agency that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as making that implication, unless the uniform conspicuously displays the logo and specific additional information. Existing law defines "public health and safety labor or services" to include emergency medical services.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84&version=20150SB8499INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84&version=20150SB8498AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84&version=20150SB8496CHP)
4. **SB84** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84)
5. **06/22/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB84&version=20150SB8497ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE SB84 Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review By Leno Concurrence — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB84 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- SB 84 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **52–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee: Ordered to second reading. `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 381.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2062.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-06-19** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 1514.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 25, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c8700e-a2a8-4825-a92a-4ac41f1c0f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).