Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law requires state agencies to purchase these products and services at the prices fixed by the authority. Existing law also requires state agencies to make maximum utilization of these products and consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt existing products to meet their needs.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 579
California AB 579 (20212022)
bill
Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
California AB 579 (20212022) — Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law requires state agencies to purchase these products and services at the prices fixed by the authority. Existing law also requires state agencies to make maximum utilization of these products and consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt existing products to meet their needs.
Version chain
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] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 579 Flora Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB579 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Flora — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2021-03-25 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2021-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1636.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1719.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2390.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e8a5b38-3fcb-4b44-b4d8-366aedd9cd83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).