republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-816.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Master Mutual Aid Agreement: tribes."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, grants the Governor certain powers to be exercised in accordance with the State Emergency Plan and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency. Existing law requires, during any state of war emergency, or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any county, city and county, or city, aid to be rendered in accordance with approved emergency plans. In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, existing law authorizes state agencies and political subdivisions to exercise mutual aid powers in accordance with the Master Mutual Aid Agreement and local ordinances, resolutions, agreements, or plans. Existing law defines the Master Mutual Aid Agreement, an agreement between the state and its various departments and agencies, and the various political subdivisions to facilitate implementation of the act, for the purposes of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 816"
citation: "California SB 816 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Master Mutual Aid Agreement: tribes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a54beb4-80f1-44f9-84b5-251985114ba7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816"
source_hash: "3434c8f3fe60d3f9a292c387e3105d1e49da7ba0a84cc1bb654dc495b8ea4418"
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 SB 816 (20212022) — Master Mutual Aid Agreement: tribes.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, grants the Governor certain powers to be exercised in accordance with the State Emergency Plan and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency. Existing law requires, during any state of war emergency, or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any county, city and county, or city, aid to be rendered in accordance with approved emergency plans. In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, existing law authorizes state agencies and political subdivisions to exercise mutual aid powers in accordance with the Master Mutual Aid Agreement and local ordinances, resolutions, agreements, or plans. Existing law defines the Master Mutual Aid Agreement, an agreement between the state and its various departments and agencies, and the various political subdivisions to facilitate implementation of the act, for the purposes of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816&version=20210SB81699INT)
2. **04/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816&version=20210SB81698AMD)
3. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816&version=20210SB81696CHP)
4. **SB816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816)
5. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB816&version=20210SB81697ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB816 G.O. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 816 G.O. Senate Third Reading By RODRIGUEZ — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2021-03-04** From printer.
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 857.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 974.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-21** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2021-06-21** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2021-09-03** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2021-09-07** From inactive file.
- **2021-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3014.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 292, 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/0a54beb4-80f1-44f9-84b5-251985114ba7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).