republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-82.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: firefighting equipment."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 82"
citation: "California AB 82 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: firefighting equipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-04"
last_action: "2011-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca806547-a770-4808-92cb-5fc43fed50ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82"
source_hash: "d6c7d8005c5d0e87ca47590313662ac8ebe4fda7f9c6bef6bda2d8a3e7684a4f"
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 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.

1. **01/04/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82&version=20110AB8299INT)
2. **02/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82&version=20110AB8298AMD)
3. **07/25/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82&version=20110AB8296CHP)
4. **AB82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB82&version=20110AB8297ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca806547-a770-4808-92cb-5fc43fed50ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).