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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: "Air ambulance services."
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description: "Existing law imposes a penalty of $4 until December 1, 2022, upon every conviction for a violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, other than a parking offense. Existing law requires the court that imposed the fine to transfer the revenues collected to the Treasurer for deposit into the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund. Existing law requires the assessed penalty to continue to be collected, administered, and distributed until exhausted or until December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. Under existing law, moneys remaining unexpended and unencumbered in the fund on December 31, 2023, are to be transferred to the General Fund. These provisions remain operative until July 1, 2024, and are repealed effective January 1, 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 2648"
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citation: "California AB 2648 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Air ambulance services."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-02-18"
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last_action: "2022-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c86b7af-f7aa-4131-9856-22036f79cdbf"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648"
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source_hash: "926f804f68dddfd9852e2ee9bf30de0d10a0e75716c6a66ffbf137bfb024b512"
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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 2648 (20212022) — Air ambulance services.
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Existing law imposes a penalty of $4 until December 1, 2022, upon every conviction for a violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, other than a parking offense. Existing law requires the court that imposed the fine to transfer the revenues collected to the Treasurer for deposit into the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children's Coverage Fund. Existing law requires the assessed penalty to continue to be collected, administered, and distributed until exhausted or until December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. Under existing law, moneys remaining unexpended and unencumbered in the fund on December 31, 2023, are to be transferred to the General Fund. These provisions remain operative until July 1, 2024, and are repealed effective January 1, 2025.
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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. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648&version=20210AB264899INT)
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2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648&version=20210AB264898AMD)
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3. **05/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648&version=20210AB264897AMD)
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4. **09/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648&version=20210AB264895CHP)
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5. **AB2648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648)
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6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2648&version=20210AB264896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent AB2648 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2648 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Grayson — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2022-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-23** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2022-06-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4982.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2022-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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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/4c86b7af-f7aa-4131-9856-22036f79cdbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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