CA SB962 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 962

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on May 28 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-01 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee
Hearing: Aug 5 @ 9:00 am in 1021 O Street, Room 1100
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 25258 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

Title

Emergency vehicles: blue warning lights.

Roll Calls

2026-06-30 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-28 - Senate - Special Consent SB962 Archuleta (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-27 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-07 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-01	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-06-04	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.
2026-05-28	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-28	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4525.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-26	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-18	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-27	Senate	April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-17	Senate	Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3871.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3760.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-03-23	Senate	Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-18	Senate	Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.
2026-03-09	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-11	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-04	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2026-02-03	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Vehicle Code	25258	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB962
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB962#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB962#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB962#97AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB962