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Bill	Authorized emergency vehicles.	Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to issue authorized emergency vehicle permits for certain vehicles, including any vehicle owned and operated by a public utility and any vehicle owned and operated by a fire company, as specified, upon a finding that the vehicle is used in responding to emergency calls for fire or law enforcement, the immediate preservation of life or property, or the apprehension of law violators.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 438	California AB 438 (20252026)	bill	Authorizedemergencyvehicles	enacted	Hadwick	7	23	6	2025-02-06	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/11fba883-0712-4908-bd1d-83c782f47eb3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438	0039de7d511562b330d0f62c26b87d053f07bdae1b7467aa3810e255a3c4cf35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 438 (20252026) — Authorized emergency vehicles.

Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to issue authorized emergency vehicle permits for certain vehicles, including any vehicle owned and operated by a public utility and any vehicle owned and operated by a fire company, as specified, upon a finding that the vehicle is used in responding to emergency calls for fire or law enforcement, the immediate preservation of life or property, or the apprehension of law violators.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/12/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB438 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 438 Hadwick Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB438 Hadwick By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 438 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hadwick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 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-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-07 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-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-28 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-05-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2412.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2902.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11fba883-0712-4908-bd1d-83c782f47eb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).