Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (act) , establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination of various state activities concerning emergency medical services (EMS) . The act authorizes a county to develop an EMS program by designating a local EMS agency. Existing law also requires the Commission on Emergency Medical Services to review and approve regulations, standards, and guidelines to be developed by the authority. Existing law generally makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor.
California AB 645 (20252026) — Emergency medical services: dispatcher training.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (act) , establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination of various state activities concerning emergency medical services (EMS) . The act authorizes a county to develop an EMS program by designating a local EMS agency. Existing law also requires the Commission on Emergency Medical Services to review and approve regulations, standards, and guidelines to be developed by the authority. Existing law generally makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
AB 645 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB645 Carrillo et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 645 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Carrillo — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-03-24 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.M. referral-committee
2025-03-24 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
2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-04-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-23 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-24 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
2025-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2025-04-29 Measure version as amended on April 24 corrected. amendment-passage
2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1603.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-07-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3030.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc3e8524-4f69-4758-99fb-57147cee2694. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).