AB-2372 • 2026

Vehicles: tolls.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Hoover
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on the enforcement mechanisms for unauthorized vehicles attempting to avoid toll payments.

Emergency Vehicles Toll Exemption

This law allows certain emergency vehicles to avoid paying tolls without needing a special license plate, if authorized by the California Highway Patrol.

What This Bill Does

Exempts emergency vehicles from paying tolls when they are not displaying an exempt license plate but are otherwise authorized as emergency vehicles by the California Highway Patrol.

Who It Names or Affects

Emergency vehicle drivers
Toll facility owners and operators

Terms To Know

Exempt license plate: A special type of license plate that allows certain vehicles to avoid paying tolls.
High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lane: A car lane where drivers can pay a fee to use during busy times, allowing faster travel.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the process for agreements between toll facility owners and local emergency service providers.
It is unclear how enforcement will be handled if an unauthorized vehicle tries to avoid paying tolls.

Bill History

2026-04-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-04-06 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2372, as amended, Hoover.
Vehicles: tolls.
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,
lane
when the authorized emergency vehicle is being driven under specified conditions, including, among others, the vehicle is displaying an exempt license plate and properly identified or marked as an authorized emergency vehicle, as specified.
Existing law requires an owner or operator of a toll facility, upon the request of a private or public local emergency service provider, to enter into an agreement to establish mutually
agreed-upon terms, including exemption from toll payment, for the use of the toll facility.
This bill would exempt a vehicle that is not displaying an exempt license plate if it is otherwise exempted from the above-described payment and is authorized as an emergency vehicle by the
Department of the
California Highway Patrol.
The bill would exempt an owner or operator of a toll facility and a private or public local emergency service provider who have entered into an agreement for the use of the toll facility from those conditions.

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