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.
California AB 1732 (20212022) — Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents: Yellow Alert.
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.
AB 1732 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1732 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Patterson — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Fong — principal coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Jones — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
Seyarto — coauthor (person)
Smith — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
2022-02-10 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. referral-committee
2022-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-09 Coauthors revised.
2022-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-06 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4370.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4435.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2022-07-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-07-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9880d128-f991-4658-81a2-47567597587e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).