The California Concert and Festival Crowd Safety Act.
(1) Existing law requires a state agency that seeks to hold an event with an expected attendance level over a specified amount on property that is either owned or operated by a state agency to, prior to the event, conduct a threat assessment that addresses specified topics. Existing law also requires that if the state agency determines, based on the facts presented to it in the assessment, that there is a strong probability that loss of life or harm to the participants could occur, then the state agency must require the promoter to prepare an event action plan that includes specified information. Existing law requires the state agency to approve the event action plan before the promoter may hold the event. Existing law authorizes the state agency to charge the promoter a fee that does not exceed the reasonable costs to the state agency to prepare the threat assessment or to review the event action plan.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2681
California AB 2681 (20212022)
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The California Concert and Festival Crowd Safety Act.
California AB 2681 (20212022) — The California Concert and Festival Crowd Safety Act.
(1) Existing law requires a state agency that seeks to hold an event with an expected attendance level over a specified amount on property that is either owned or operated by a state agency to, prior to the event, conduct a threat assessment that addresses specified topics. Existing law also requires that if the state agency determines, based on the facts presented to it in the assessment, that there is a strong probability that loss of life or harm to the participants could occur, then the state agency must require the promoter to prepare an event action plan that includes specified information. Existing law requires the state agency to approve the event action plan before the promoter may hold the event. Existing law authorizes the state agency to charge the promoter a fee that does not exceed the reasonable costs to the state agency to prepare the threat assessment or to review the event action plan.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2681 Bloom Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2681 Bloom Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2681 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2022-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4659.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4682.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6071.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e88f3b7-d2cd-40a2-b4bc-6306132de1ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).