Bill Dodd
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 3
Author
Existing law prohibits any vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, from being equipped with a siren. Existing law requires an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a siren that meets requirements set forth by the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Existing regulations of the California Highway Patrol define a "Hi-Lo" to be a nonsiren sound alternating between a fixed high and a fixed low frequency and require the "Hi-Lo" function to be disabled on any siren manufactured after January 1, 1978. This bill would authorize an emergency vehicle to be equipped with a "Hi-Lo" audible warning sound and would authorize the "Hi-Lo" to be used solely for the purpose of notifying the public of an immediate need to evacuate. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 262, Statutes of 2020.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5278.) Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10).
July 28 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3683.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3622.) (May 29).
Set for hearing May 29.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB909 | HTML |
| 02/03/20 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/20 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/02/20 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/20 - Chaptered |
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