---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: preparedness."
description: "The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of the Office of Emergency Services with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 918"
citation: "California AB 918 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: preparedness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa09081c-7f6a-454a-9908-93ab485ed7f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918"
source_hash: "55af6561d21315075da79e9dbd3202285d234b4c6ad1fddbecf864a3f22ba799"
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 918 (20132014) — Emergency services: preparedness.

The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of the Office of Emergency Services with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918&version=20130AB91899INT)
2. **04/17/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918&version=20130AB91898AMD)
3. **05/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918&version=20130AB91897AMD)
4. **08/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918&version=20130AB91895CHP)
5. **AB918** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918)
6. **08/20/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB918&version=20130AB91896ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 918 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1463.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa09081c-7f6a-454a-9908-93ab485ed7f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).