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 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/12/26 - Introduced

 AB-1913 Licensure: emergency equipment.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 05/07/2026 09:00 PM

AB1913:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 07, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 14, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 09, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 19, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1913

Introduced by Assembly Member Soria

February 12, 2026

An act to amend Section 12804.9 of, and to add Section 12528 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1913, as amended, Soria.
 Licensure: emergency equipment.

Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle upon a highway unless that person holds a valid driver’s license to operate the type of vehicle that the person is driving.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver’s license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications. A class C driver’s license includes the operation of, among other vehicles, firefighting equipment, provided that the equipment is operated by a person who holds a firefighter endorsement, as specified.

This bill would include the operation of specified emergency equipment under a class C driver’s license,
 provided the equipment is owned by a law enforcement agency and is operated by a person who has completed the emergency equipment training described below.

Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to set minimum standards for the recruitment and training of peace officers and to develop training courses and curriculum.

This bill would require specified peace officers and volunteers registered with specified law enforcement agencies be permitted to operate emergency equipment, as specified. The bill would require the training to include both classroom and driver training components, as specified, and a written examination. The bill would impose certification, experience, and licensure requirements on instructors for the training program, including, among other things, a requirement that an instructor be certified as a qualified training instructor by the State of California, the federal
 government, or a county training officers’ association.

The bill would define “emergency equipment” as a motor vehicle operated under a class A or class B license or combination of vehicles that meets the definition of a class A or class B vehicle and is subject to certain requirements, including, but not limited to, that is they are used to travel to and from the scene of an emergency situation, to and from a place where the emergency equipment is repaired or positioned, or to transport equipment used in the control of an emergency situation and that is owned, leased, rented by, or under
 the exclusive control of specified law enforcement agencies.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 12528 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

12528.

 (a) An employee of, or a volunteer registered with, a law enforcement agency, as defined in Section 830.1 or 830.2 of the Penal Code, shall be permitted to operate emergency equipment pursuant to this section.

(b) In order to operate emergency equipment as defined in this section, an employee or volunteer described in subdivision (a) shall complete training that includes all of the following:

(1) A classroom portion of at least 16 hours taught by an instructor who meets or exceeds the standards adopted by the law enforcement agency described in subdivision (a) for the operation of emergency equipment.

(2) A driver training portion of at least 14 hours that includes directly-supervised behind-the-wheel training by an instructor approved by the law enforcement agency described in subdivision (a) and who possesses a minimum of five years of experience as an emergency vehicle operator.