---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: Emergency Alert System."
description: "Emergency services: Emergency Alert System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 415"
citation: "California AB 415 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: Emergency Alert System."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d0b776b-0a4d-4a51-88f0-44f4e2e0ca60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415"
source_hash: "4858f8514a36c53467b43d43ae555171c17a84903332ba8e72e0b801653770e6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 415 (20012002) — Emergency services: Emergency Alert System.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41599INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41598AMD)
3. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41597AMD)
4. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41595AMD)
5. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41596AMD)
6. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41594AMD)
7. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41593AMD)
8. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41592AMD)
9. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41591AMD)
10. **09/13/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41589CHP)
11. **AB415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415)
12. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB415&version=20010AB41590ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 415 Runner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB415 Runner By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 415 Runner Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — author (person)
- McPherson — principal coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 517, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7909.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5586.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1729.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d0b776b-0a4d-4a51-88f0-44f4e2e0ca60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).