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Bill	Emergency services: access and functional needs in emergencies.	Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor and under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law defines the terms "political subdivision" and "emergency plan" for purposes of emergency services provided by local governments. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to work with specified entities to improve communication with deaf and hearing-impaired persons during emergencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2311	California AB 2311 (20152016)	bill	Emergency services: access and functional needs in emergencies.	enacted	Brown	7	23	8	2016-02-18	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/68bd06a8-c357-4b8c-9925-8f5343a9ad16	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2311	bc18c86893493d531ff29ce71e55ebcc488ced5cc7c36b4451dd18ff2d12ea4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2311 (20152016) — Emergency services: access and functional needs in emergencies.

Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor and under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law defines the terms "political subdivision" and "emergency plan" for purposes of emergency services provided by local governments. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to work with specified entities to improve communication with deaf and hearing-impaired persons during emergencies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2311 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2311 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2311 BROWN Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2311 Brown By Morrell — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5180.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5047.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6135.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68bd06a8-c357-4b8c-9925-8f5343a9ad16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).