republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2898.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: local emergencies."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, as specified. The act also prescribes a process for the declaration of a local emergency and permits a local emergency to be proclaimed only by the governing body of a city or county or by an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body. Existing law requires the governing body to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 30 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2898"
citation: "California AB 2898 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: local emergencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40489b63-671a-45ea-af6e-e27d3ecbb560"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898"
source_hash: "7beb68743e76c6cdc98d53def86f9eb0d60458c8dcd9d63a3c3aa8a54c3f8862"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2898 (20172018) — Emergency services: local emergencies.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, as specified. The act also prescribes a process for the declaration of a local emergency and permits a local emergency to be proclaimed only by the governing body of a city or county or by an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body. Existing law requires the governing body to review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 30 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898&version=20170AB289899INT)
2. **08/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898&version=20170AB289898AMD)
3. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898&version=20170AB289896CHP)
4. **AB2898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898)
5. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2898&version=20170AB289897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2898 Gloria By McGuire — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2898 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2898 GLORIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gloria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-19** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5219.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5292.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6377.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 395, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40489b63-671a-45ea-af6e-e27d3ecbb560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).