republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extreme heat: statewide extreme heat ranking system."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency under the supervision of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, and vests the agency with authority over various environmental matters. Existing law requires the agency to address heat and heat reduction by, among other things, identifying the extent and severity of the urban heat island effect for cities to set quantifiable goals for heat reduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2238"
citation: "California AB 2238 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Extreme heat: statewide extreme heat ranking system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52541c8d-b195-443f-a727-f65f091cd0be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238"
source_hash: "25501a891e3d94ba07a7e53c31631d88c08965aae033ad2754ce0c969d4478b6"
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 2238 (20212022) — Extreme heat: statewide extreme heat ranking system.

Existing law establishes the California Environmental Protection Agency under the supervision of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, and vests the agency with authority over various environmental matters. Existing law requires the agency to address heat and heat reduction by, among other things, identifying the extent and severity of the urban heat island effect for cities to set quantifiable goals for heat reduction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223899INT)
2. **03/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223898AMD)
3. **06/13/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223897AMD)
4. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223896AMD)
5. **08/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223895AMD)
6. **09/09/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223893CHP)
7. **AB2238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238)
8. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238&version=20210AB223894ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2238 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2238 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2238 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — author (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Stern — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4836.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5367.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2022-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, 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/52541c8d-b195-443f-a727-f65f091cd0be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).