CA AB438 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 438

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on October 1 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 2416 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

Title

Authorized emergency vehicles.

Roll Calls

2025-09-04 - Assembly - AB 438 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 77 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-09-02 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB438 Hadwick By Limón (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-10 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-05-15 - Assembly - AB 438 Hadwick Consent Calendar Second Day (Y: 69 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2025-05-07 - Assembly - Do pass. To Consent Calendar (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-21 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

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

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Vehicle Code	2416	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438#96AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438#95ENR
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438#94CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB438