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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: "Health emergencies: employment safety: agricultural workers: wildfire smoke."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health (department) to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health, including licensing and regulating health facilities and control of infectious diseases. Existing law requires the department and the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with other state agencies, to, upon appropriation and as necessary, establish a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile. Existing law requires the department to establish guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of PPE, taking into account, among other things, the amount of each type of PPE that would be required for all health care workers and essential workers, as defined, in the state during a 90-day pandemic or other health emergency."
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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 73"
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citation: "California AB 73 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health emergencies: employment safety: agricultural workers: wildfire smoke."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert Rivas"]
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version_count: 13
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2021-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3634201f-be19-4e3d-9356-aa7a1b06d2c6"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73"
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source_hash: "34d41b8da72b3a65156b022525299bd9c2fdbd36ac99a7a0a593dffdf73a2695"
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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 73 (20212022) — Health emergencies: employment safety: agricultural workers: wildfire smoke.
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(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health (department) to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health, including licensing and regulating health facilities and control of infectious diseases. Existing law requires the department and the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with other state agencies, to, upon appropriation and as necessary, establish a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile. Existing law requires the department to establish guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of PPE, taking into account, among other things, the amount of each type of PPE that would be required for all health care workers and essential workers, as defined, in the state during a 90-day pandemic or other health emergency.
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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. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7399INT)
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2. **02/02/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7398AMD)
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3. **03/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7397AMD)
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4. **04/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7396AMD)
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5. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7395AMD)
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6. **06/28/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7394AMD)
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7. **06/29/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7393AMD)
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8. **07/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7392AMD)
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9. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7391AMD)
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10. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7390AMD)
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11. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7388CHP)
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12. **AB73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73)
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13. **09/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB73&version=20210AB7389ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 73 Robert Rivas Third Reading Urgency — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB73 Robert Rivas et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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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 [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 73 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Robert Rivas — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Bloom — coauthor (person)
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- Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Eduardo Garcia — author (person)
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- Kalra — author (person)
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- Lorena Gonzalez — author (person)
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- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-03** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1749.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2603.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3144.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, 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/3634201f-be19-4e3d-9356-aa7a1b06d2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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