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SB 962STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Emergency vehicles: blue warning lights.

Existing law authorizes specified peace officers, including, among others, police officers, probation officers, and members of the California National Guard, in the performance of the officers' duties, to display a steady or flashing blue warning light visible from the front, sides, or rear of their emergency vehicles. This bill, the Agent Joshua Byrd Memorial Act, would authorize the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to, upon an appropriation from the Legislature, install a blue warning light on an emergency vehicle operated by a parole officer. The bill would additionally authorize parole officers to display the blue warning light from their emergency vehicles if they complete a 4-hour classroom training course regarding the operation of emergency vehicles that is certified by the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Voted 8/13/2026View source

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Docket history

Action history

  1. 7/1/2026From 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.
  2. 6/23/2026From 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.
  3. 6/4/2026Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.
  4. 5/28/2026In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  5. 5/28/2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4525.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  6. 5/26/2026Ordered to special consent calendar.
  7. 5/18/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. 5/14/2026Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. 5/14/2026From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).
  10. 5/8/2026Set for hearing May 14.