SB 349 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Emergency vehicles: blue warning lights.

Summary

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 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 Officers Standards and Training.

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Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/12/25 - Introduced → SB349 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of SB 349. The bill text is identical in both; the only difference is that the document was reformatted from an official printed legislative layout (with line numbers and page breaks) to a web-based presentation format with navigation elements.

TECHNICAL

The bill was republished from a printed legislative document format (with line numbers, page numbers, and column layout) to a web page format. No changes were made to the actual statutory language, training requirements, or eligibility criteria.

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Committee

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors