---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency response: trauma kits."
description: "Existing law requires the person or entity responsible for managing the building, facility, and tenants of certain occupied structures, including those that are owned or operated by a local government entity, and that are constructed on or after January 1, 2023, to comply with certain requirements, including acquiring and placing at least 6 trauma kits on the premises, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 70"
citation: "California AB 70 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency response", "trauma kits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-12"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7229fc54-99c8-4a40-bc23-8d831e338342"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70"
source_hash: "7d60979f42202ada56e39ca8f78909f9170ca6dacf2205a2f96891172527fed2"
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 70 (20232024) — Emergency response: trauma kits.

Existing law requires the person or entity responsible for managing the building, facility, and tenants of certain occupied structures, including those that are owned or operated by a local government entity, and that are constructed on or after January 1, 2023, to comply with certain requirements, including acquiring and placing at least 6 trauma kits on the premises, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/12/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70&version=20230AB7099INT)
2. **08/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70&version=20230AB7098AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70&version=20230AB7096CHP)
4. **AB70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70)
5. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB70&version=20230AB7097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB70 Rodriguez By Wilk — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 70 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 70 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-12-13** From printer. May be heard in committee January 12.
- **2023-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1745.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-07-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2395.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3172.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 515, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7229fc54-99c8-4a40-bc23-8d831e338342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).