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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency services: text to 911."
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description: "Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, provides that each local public agency within its respective jurisdiction establish a basic system that automatically connects a person dialing 911 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities, or to be part of such a system. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency coordination system, that includes a text to 911 service, throughout California."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 1168"
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citation: "California AB 1168 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency services: text to 911."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-09-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0a46a3e-de92-43aa-b5ce-cfef46d985d8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168"
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source_hash: "29a42645c358ed267f706d58377132e8a6d7b1bb680e1f2f0f7c5211996de60a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1168 (20192020) — Emergency services: text to 911.
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Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, provides that each local public agency within its respective jurisdiction establish a basic system that automatically connects a person dialing 911 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities, or to be part of such a system. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency coordination system, that includes a text to 911 service, throughout California.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168&version=20190AB116899INT)
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2. **06/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168&version=20190AB116898AMD)
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3. **07/02/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168&version=20190AB116897AMD)
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4. **09/05/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168&version=20190AB116895CHP)
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5. **AB1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168)
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6. **08/23/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1168&version=20190AB116896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1168 Mullin et al. By Stone — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1168 Mullin Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1168 Mullin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mullin — primary (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1771.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-29** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2181.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2790.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0a46a3e-de92-43aa-b5ce-cfef46d985d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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