republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-8.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents."
description: "Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 8"
citation: "California AB 8 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed859a4d-88f2-40ce-a8d7-cca6f4152b54"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8"
source_hash: "c16c702e685894c0d17f7e067c2cdc486b2937a9c0a29df07d9261e8ca6ee4ca"
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 8 (20152016) — Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents.

Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is information available that, if disseminated to the general public, could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8&version=20150AB899INT)
2. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8&version=20150AB898AMD)
3. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8&version=20150AB896CHP)
4. **AB8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8)
5. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB8&version=20150AB897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 8 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 8 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB8 Gatto By Allen — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1764.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2201.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2670.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 326, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed859a4d-88f2-40ce-a8d7-cca6f4152b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).