Public health: emergency plans and wildfire research.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop a plan with recommendations and guidelines for counties to use in the case of a significant air quality event, as defined, caused by wildfires or other sources, including establishing policies and procedures that address respiratory protection and other protective equipment and devices and providing information to residents on what they should do if the air quality index hits a significant threshold. Existing law requires a county to develop a county-specific plan that addresses all of the recommendations and guidelines of the plan developed by the department.
California AB 1003 (20252026) — Public health: emergency plans and wildfire research.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop a plan with recommendations and guidelines for counties to use in the case of a significant air quality event, as defined, caused by wildfires or other sources, including establishing policies and procedures that address respiratory protection and other protective equipment and devices and providing information to residents on what they should do if the air quality index hits a significant threshold. Existing law requires a county to develop a county-specific plan that addresses all of the recommendations and guidelines of the plan developed by the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1003 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1003 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.M. referral-committee
2025-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2010.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and G.O. referral-committee
2025-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-20 From Consent Calendar.
2025-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2447.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2933.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3451ac27-c284-4a39-9891-6554b5394446. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).