republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1168.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Emergency services: text to 911.	Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, provides that each local public agency within its respective jurisdiction establish a basic system that automatically connects a person dialing 911 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities, or to be part of such a system. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency coordination system, that includes a text to 911 service, throughout California.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1168	California AB 1168 (20192020)	bill	Emergency services: text to 911.	enacted	Mullin	6	21	7	2019-02-21	2019-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c0a46a3e-de92-43aa-b5ce-cfef46d985d8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168	29a42645c358ed267f706d58377132e8a6d7b1bb680e1f2f0f7c5211996de60a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1168 (20192020) — Emergency services: text to 911.

Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, provides that each local public agency within its respective jurisdiction establish a basic system that automatically connects a person dialing 911 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities, or to be part of such a system. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency coordination system, that includes a text to 911 service, throughout California.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/11/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1168 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1168 Mullin et al. By Stone — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1168 Mullin Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1168 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2019-03-11 Referred to Com. on C. & C. referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1771.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and G.O. referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2181.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2790.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0a46a3e-de92-43aa-b5ce-cfef46d985d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).