James Ramos
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 45
Author
(1) Existing law authorizes the commissioner to issue licenses for the operation of privately owned or operated ambulances used to respond to emergency calls, armored cars, fleet owner inspection and maintenance stations, and for the transportation of hazardous material. Existing law requires the department to inspect ambulances licensed by the department at least once per year. This bill would exempt ambulances owned or operated by a fire department of a federally recognized tribe or operators of those ambulances from the requirement to have a license and would prohibit the department from inspecting those ambulances. (2) Existing law requires an applicant for an ambulance driver certificate to satisfy prescribed requirements, including submitting an acceptable fingerprint card, and exempts specified persons operating ambulances in the line of duty, including salaried, regular, full-time police officers and members of a fire department of a public agency, from those requirements. This bill would extend that exemption to members of a fire department of a federally recognized tribe. (3) Under existing law, an authorized emergency vehicle is required to be equipped with at least one steady burning red warning lamp visible from at least 1,000 feet in front of the vehicle. Existing law defines an authorized emergency vehicle as, among other things, a vehicle owned or operated by any department or agency of the United States government when the vehicle used is responding to emergency, fire, ambulance, or lifesaving calls or is actively engaged in law enforcement work. This bill would also include in the definition of an emergency vehicle any vehicle owned or operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe used in responding to emergency, fire, ambulance, or lifesaving calls. The bill would state that a vehicle owned or operated by a federally recognized Indian tribe used in responding to emergency, fire, ambulance, or lifesaving calls is considered an authorized emergency vehicle, as specified.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2632.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2237.).
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1409.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB798 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/26/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/08/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/02/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/21 - Enrolled | |
| 09/24/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/16/21- Assembly Transportation | |
| 05/03/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/11/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 08/18/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/31/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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