republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1680.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: emergency personnel."
description: "Existing law provides that every person who goes to the scene of an emergency or stops at the scene of an emergency, for the purpose of viewing the scene or the activities of police officers, firefighters, emergency medical, or other emergency personnel, or military personnel coping with the emergency in the course of their duties during the time it is necessary for emergency vehicles or those personnel to be at the scene of the emergency or to be moving to or from the scene of the emergency for the purpose of protecting lives or property, unless it is part of the duties of that person's employment to view that scene or those activities, and thereby impedes police officers, firefighters, emergency medical, or other emergency personnel or military personnel, in the performance of their duties in coping with the emergency, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1680"
citation: "California AB 1680 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: emergency personnel."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-01-19"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3796752e-23c6-403f-97bc-503c224f5fc2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680"
source_hash: "c0fbc21cf44de29d28db02c98a241389202c79220042dc251d8bc5d166513c0e"
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 1680 (20152016) — Crimes: emergency personnel.

Existing law provides that every person who goes to the scene of an emergency or stops at the scene of an emergency, for the purpose of viewing the scene or the activities of police officers, firefighters, emergency medical, or other emergency personnel, or military personnel coping with the emergency in the course of their duties during the time it is necessary for emergency vehicles or those personnel to be at the scene of the emergency or to be moving to or from the scene of the emergency for the purpose of protecting lives or property, unless it is part of the duties of that person's employment to view that scene or those activities, and thereby impedes police officers, firefighters, emergency medical, or other emergency personnel or military personnel, in the performance of their duties in coping with the emergency, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680&version=20150AB168099INT)
2. **05/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680&version=20150AB168098AMD)
3. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680&version=20150AB168096CHP)
4. **AB1680** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680)
5. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1680&version=20150AB168097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1680 Rodriguez By Anderson — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1680 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-04-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-05-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4674.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. 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 5015.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3796752e-23c6-403f-97bc-503c224f5fc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).