republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-619.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air quality."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, creates the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency. Existing law requires the governing body of each political subdivision of the state to carry out the provisions of the State Emergency Plan. Existing law requires a county, upon the next update to its emergency plan, to integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan, among other requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 619"
citation: "California AB 619 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air quality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce63812b-f05c-49bd-9d11-0cc60f917b24"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619"
source_hash: "c9a597990623a37d0f37dfa9b7d46930d2e71d16ab2c2838e99935a785f4163d"
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 619 (20212022) — Air quality.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, creates the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency. Existing law requires the governing body of each political subdivision of the state to carry out the provisions of the State Emergency Plan. Existing law requires a county, upon the next update to its emergency plan, to integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan, among other requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61999INT)
2. **04/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61998AMD)
3. **04/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61997AMD)
4. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61996AMD)
5. **06/29/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61995AMD)
6. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61994AMD)
7. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61993AMD)
8. **09/30/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61991CHP)
9. **AB619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619)
10. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB619&version=20210AB61992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB619 Calderon et al. By Pan — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 619 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 619 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Re-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`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1766.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2528.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2973.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce63812b-f05c-49bd-9d11-0cc60f917b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).