republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: state of emergency: cyberterrorism."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the term \"state of emergency\" and \"local emergency\" to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, or riot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 532"
citation: "California SB 532 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: state of emergency: cyberterrorism."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56f1896-2832-4757-9a66-fa7428638d50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532"
source_hash: "58989c881065b707c42f235f431b050028c5f87740f7bf104196895d892a0942"
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 SB 532 (20172018) — Emergency services: state of emergency: cyberterrorism.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the term "state of emergency" and "local emergency" to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, or riot.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532&version=20170SB53299INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532&version=20170SB53298AMD)
3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532&version=20170SB53297AMD)
4. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532&version=20170SB53295CHP)
5. **SB532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532)
6. **09/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB532&version=20170SB53296ENR)

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-27** March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Set for hearing January 9.
- **2018-01-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4005.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2018-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4116.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** From consent calendar.
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-20** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-21** From inactive file.
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6979.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6115.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 557, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56f1896-2832-4757-9a66-fa7428638d50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).