---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Emergency Services: planning guidance: telecommunications."
description: "The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2213"
citation: "California AB 2213 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Emergency Services: planning guidance: telecommunications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-12"
last_action: "2020-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57753c73-8735-4161-bc46-713a3f0e5e07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213"
source_hash: "ad33e1df2ff35bd2752cc328e9f09a6473ab0f91c59b5583c60d6ee21b432d99"
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 2213 (20192020) — Office of Emergency Services: planning guidance: telecommunications.

The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221399INT)
2. **05/14/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221398AMD)
3. **08/10/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221397AMD)
4. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221396AMD)
5. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221395AMD)
6. **09/18/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221393CHP)
7. **AB2213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213)
8. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2213&version=20190AB221394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2213 Limón et al. By Jackson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2213 Limón Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2213 Limón Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4758.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5384.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57753c73-8735-4161-bc46-713a3f0e5e07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).