republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2348.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Emergency Services Act: notification systems: Feather Alert."
description: "Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a \"Feather Alert,\" as defined, if the law enforcement agency determines that specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person who has been reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. Existing law requires the department, if it concurs that those specified requirements are met, to activate a Feather Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs. Existing law requires the department to create and submit a report to the Governor's office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the Feather Alert, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2348"
citation: "California AB 2348 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Emergency Services Act", "Feather Alert", "notification systems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f3e9bc-ae2f-4f9f-acec-da93f4fa5520"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348"
source_hash: "6da7b0aeb8cc9cfc01fa24a85e4cf1af9aaa7f629aaa9f6f57e74a3ca7ae56ea"
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 2348 (20232024) — California Emergency Services Act: notification systems: Feather Alert.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a "Feather Alert," as defined, if the law enforcement agency determines that specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person who has been reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. Existing law requires the department, if it concurs that those specified requirements are met, to activate a Feather Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs. Existing law requires the department to create and submit a report to the Governor's office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the Feather Alert, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234899INT)
2. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234898AMD)
3. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234897AMD)
4. **06/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234896AMD)
5. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234895AMD)
6. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234894AMD)
7. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234892CHP)
8. **AB2348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348)
9. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2348&version=20230AB234893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2348 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2348 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Coms. on E.M. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** 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`
- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5443.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hurtado.
- **2024-08-22** From inactive file.
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.)
- **2024-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f3e9bc-ae2f-4f9f-acec-da93f4fa5520`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).