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California SB 979 (20212022) — Health emergencies.

Existing law authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, as specified, and the State Public Health Officer to declare a health emergency under certain circumstances, such as the imminent or proximate threat of the introduction of an infectious or communicable disease.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/14/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB979 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB979 Dodd Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 979 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-11 From printer.
• 2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2022-03-24 April 6 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-04-06 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2022-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3542.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2022-05-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-05-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3831.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 June 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
• 2022-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6001.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5010.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/845e65e2-2bee-4f3b-8848-546f464b8ef7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).