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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: "Emergency ambulance employees."
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description: "Under the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 11 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, every emergency ambulance employee is entitled to employer-paid mental health services through an employee assistance program (EAP) , and requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments per issue per calendar year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1843"
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citation: "California AB 1843 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency ambulance employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2024-01-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d046c19d-88b4-4532-9ed3-2521de11a4cd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843"
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source_hash: "e54495d1094657820b9b6e40bb288ee1c5666f73426069e351babab0f97bb382"
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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 1843 (20232024) — Emergency ambulance employees.
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Under the Emergency Ambulance Employee Safety and Preparedness Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 11 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, every emergency ambulance employee is entitled to employer-paid mental health services through an employee assistance program (EAP) , and requires the EAP coverage to provide up to 10 mental health treatments per issue per calendar year.
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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. **01/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184399INT)
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2. **03/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184398AMD)
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3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184397AMD)
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4. **06/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184396AMD)
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5. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184395AMD)
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6. **08/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184394AMD)
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7. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184393AMD)
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8. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184392AMD)
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9. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184390CHP)
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10. **AB1843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843)
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11. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1843&version=20230AB184391ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1843 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1843 Rodriguez et al. By Seyarto — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1843 Rodriguez et al. By Seyarto Motion to Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1843 Rodriguez et al. By Seyarto Motion to Reconsider Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1843 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
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- **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** 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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- **2024-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5612.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-27** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.)
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- **2024-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended.
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- **2024-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 943, Statutes of 2024. `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/d046c19d-88b4-4532-9ed3-2521de11a4cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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