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AB-1114 • 2026

Emergency vehicles: fee and toll exemptions.

Emergency vehicles: fee and toll exemptions.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Ávila Farías
Last action
2025-07-30
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact effective date of the bill is unknown as it was not specified in the provided official material.

Emergency Vehicles: Fee and Toll Exemptions for Ambulances

This law adds ambulances to the list of emergency vehicles that are exempt from paying tolls and fines when driving under certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Includes ambulances in the exemption of authorized emergency vehicles from paying tolls or charges on vehicular crossings, toll highways, or high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.
  • Requires ambulances to display an exempt license plate and 'Ambulance' identification for the exemption.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Emergency vehicle drivers, especially those who work with ambulances.
  • Toll road operators and managers of vehicular crossings.

Terms To Know

Exempt license plate
A special type of license plate that allows certain vehicles to avoid paying fees or tolls under specific conditions.
High-occupancy toll (HOT) lane
A carpool lane where drivers can pay a fee to use the lane even if they do not have enough passengers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when exactly it will start being used.
  • It only applies to ambulances and other emergency vehicles that meet certain conditions, such as displaying an exempt license plate and proper identification.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-30 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-07-30 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-07-25 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. 2025-07-17 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2589.).

  5. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1931.).

  7. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24).

  9. 2025-06-12 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  10. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  11. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.)

  13. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  14. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

  15. 2025-04-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. 2025-04-22 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  17. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

  18. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  20. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  21. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1114, Ávila Farías.
Emergency vehicles: fee and toll exemptions.
Existing law provides for the exemption of authorized emergency vehicles from the payment of a toll or charge on a vehicular crossing, toll highway, or high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane and any related fines, when the authorized emergency vehicle is being driven under specified conditions, including, among others, the vehicle is displaying an exempt license plate and a public agency identification, such as “Police.”
This bill would include in the exemption of an authorized emergency vehicle exempt from the payment of a toll or charge a vehicle displaying an exempt license plate and “Ambulance.”

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