Accessibility to emergency information and services: emergency shelters: persons with pets.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, provides that political subdivisions, as defined, have full power during a local emergency to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements. Existing law defines "emergency plan" for these purposes to mean official and approved documents that describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. Existing law requires that a county send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services upon an update to the plan.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 781
California AB 781 (20232024)
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Accessibility to emergency information and services
California AB 781 (20232024) — Accessibility to emergency information and services: emergency shelters: persons with pets.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, provides that political subdivisions, as defined, have full power during a local emergency to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements. Existing law defines "emergency plan" for these purposes to mean official and approved documents that describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. Existing law requires that a county send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services upon an update to the plan.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent AB781 Maienschein By Glazer — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 781 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
AB 781 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1915.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). 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 2687.). 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 79. Noes 0. Page 3443.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 344, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8acb9da0-5cc1-4ce9-813f-37725ead51f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).