republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Emergency Services Act: Office of Emergency Services: donations system."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, establishes the Office of Emergency Services, under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services, and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-made disasters and emergencies, as provided. Existing law finds and declares the necessity for collaboration between the public and private sectors, and authorizes the office to establish a statewide registry of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or facilities to assist in disaster preparedness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1568"
citation: "California AB 1568 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Emergency Services Act: Office of Emergency Services: donations system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Emergency Management"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/180d70b6-55fc-4004-9e4a-29d264ae99ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568"
source_hash: "c9b054f28399e1bd6cdbad80aaacd608fad7803d3198d156bc1e6fc663ac6172"
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 1568 (20212022) — California Emergency Services Act: Office of Emergency Services: donations system.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, establishes the Office of Emergency Services, under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services, and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-made disasters and emergencies, as provided. Existing law finds and declares the necessity for collaboration between the public and private sectors, and authorizes the office to establish a statewide registry of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or facilities to assist in disaster preparedness.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568&version=20210AB156899INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568&version=20210AB156898AMD)
3. **02/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568&version=20210AB156897AMD)
4. **03/09/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568&version=20210AB156895CHP)
5. **AB1568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568)
6. **03/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1568&version=20210AB156896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1568 E.M. (Rodriguez) Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1568 E.M. Third Reading Urgency By RODRIGUEZ — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1568 E.M. (Rodriguez) By Dodd Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1568 E.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RODRIGUEZ — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Emergency Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1834.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2393.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2021-09-07** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2021-09-07** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2022-01-03** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-01-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2975.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-02-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3681.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-03-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/180d70b6-55fc-4004-9e4a-29d264ae99ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).