republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-535.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Alert System."
description: "Existing law requires law enforcement agencies that are informed of the abduction of a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, and determine the victim is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and that there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist with the safe recovery of the victim, to request, absent extenuating investigative needs, activation of the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate local area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 535"
citation: "California AB 535 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Alert System."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3056584f-6da8-476a-a307-cfd9ae49d35a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535"
source_hash: "26d3c38b8574f7c5ce0e0f9399c5cc3ff9fa373845b3a872a4b049e4e145c7c5"
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 535 (20132014) — Emergency Alert System.

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies that are informed of the abduction of a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, and determine the victim is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and that there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist with the safe recovery of the victim, to request, absent extenuating investigative needs, activation of the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate local area.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535&version=20130AB53599INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535&version=20130AB53598AMD)
3. **08/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535&version=20130AB53597AMD)
4. **09/23/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535&version=20130AB53595CHP)
5. **AB535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535)
6. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB535&version=20130AB53596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 535 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB535 Quirk By Hancock — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 535 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1118.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1983.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2773.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3056584f-6da8-476a-a307-cfd9ae49d35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).