republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1564.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: wireless 911 calls: routing."
description: "The Public Safety Communication Act of 2002, among other things, requires the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee to develop and implement a statewide integrated public safety communication system that facilitates interoperability among state public safety departments and other first response agencies and coordinate other shared uses of the public safety spectrum consistent with decisions and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1564"
citation: "California AB 1564 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: wireless 911 calls: routing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-04"
last_action: "2016-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccc0600-d307-4456-88cd-aee6446acf96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564"
source_hash: "b0d43adce8209b1ac48f422cc64dc5df10a647a7f861eb1ae08d74f3d3dc0e95"
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 1564 (20152016) — Emergency services: wireless 911 calls: routing.

The Public Safety Communication Act of 2002, among other things, requires the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee to develop and implement a statewide integrated public safety communication system that facilitates interoperability among state public safety departments and other first response agencies and coordinate other shared uses of the public safety spectrum consistent with decisions and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564&version=20150AB156499INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564&version=20150AB156498AMD)
3. **08/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564&version=20150AB156496CHP)
4. **AB1564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564)
5. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1564&version=20150AB156497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1564 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1564 Williams By Hertzberg — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2016-02-01** Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4785.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5010.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ccc0600-d307-4456-88cd-aee6446acf96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).