The California Emergency Services Act creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. Existing law authorizes cities, cities and counties, and counties to create disaster councils, by ordinance, to develop plans for meeting any condition constituting a local emergency or state of emergency, including, but not limited to, earthquakes, natural or manmade disasters specific to that jurisdiction, or state of war emergency.
California AB 477 (20192020) — Emergency preparedness: vulnerable populations.
The California Emergency Services Act creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property. Existing law authorizes cities, cities and counties, and counties to create disaster councils, by ordinance, to develop plans for meeting any condition constituting a local emergency or state of emergency, including, but not limited to, earthquakes, natural or manmade disasters specific to that jurisdiction, or state of war emergency.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cervantes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2019-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1806.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2019-06-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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
2019-08-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2139.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2719.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-09-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ddc133d-1834-4671-8bc2-765f3189a6aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).