The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act governs local emergency medical services systems. Existing law makes it a crime to violate any of the provisions of the act, and any rules, regulations, or county ordinances adopted pursuant to the act, that govern patient transfers. Existing law provides specified liability limitations to, among others, physicians, nurses, and other authorized individuals who provide assistance in emergency situations.
California AB 1376 (20232024) — Emergency medical services: liability limitation.
The Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act governs local emergency medical services systems. Existing law makes it a crime to violate any of the provisions of the act, and any rules, regulations, or county ordinances adopted pursuant to the act, that govern patient transfers. Existing law provides specified liability limitations to, among others, physicians, nurses, and other authorized individuals who provide assistance in emergency situations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB1376 Juan Carrillo By Menjivar — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1376 Juan Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1376 Juan Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Juan Carrillo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-05-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-05-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1522.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-24 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2689.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3447.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6324d06-f082-410b-9253-16b7fa1d973e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).