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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: "Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law requires state agencies to purchase these products and services at the prices fixed by the authority. Existing law also requires state agencies to make maximum utilization of these products and consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt existing products to meet their needs."
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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 579"
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citation: "California AB 579 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-11"
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last_action: "2021-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e8a5b38-3fcb-4b44-b4d8-366aedd9cd83"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579"
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source_hash: "f8f043d1958989fd0db3dbe00ab3fe519b3cfc9933f4cf764086140d90b29c6d"
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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 579 (20212022) — Fire prevention: purchases of personal protective equipment: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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Existing law establishes the Prison Industry Authority and authorizes it to operate industrial, agricultural, and service enterprises which will provide products and services needed by the state, or any political subdivision of the state, or by the federal government, or any department, agency, or corporation of the federal government, or for any other public use. Existing law requires state agencies to purchase these products and services at the prices fixed by the authority. Existing law also requires state agencies to make maximum utilization of these products and consult with the staff of the authority to develop new products and adapt existing products to meet their needs.
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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. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579&version=20210AB57999INT)
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2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579&version=20210AB57998AMD)
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3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579&version=20210AB57996CHP)
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4. **AB579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579)
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5. **09/08/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB579&version=20210AB57997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- AB 579 Flora Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB579 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Flora — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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- **2021-03-25** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1636.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1719.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2390.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2021. `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/6e8a5b38-3fcb-4b44-b4d8-366aedd9cd83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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