republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-990.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Emergency Services: State Emergency Plan: LGBTQ+ individuals."
description: "Under existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the State Emergency Plan is the official document approved by the Governor that describes the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies, and includes elements addressing continuity of government, the emergency services of governmental agencies, mobilization of resources, mutual aid, and public information. Existing law makes the State Emergency Plan effective in each political subdivision of the state, and requires the governing body of each political subdivision to take necessary actions to carry out its provisions. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state and to coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency by the political subdivisions of this state, which are to be integrated into and coordinated with the State Emergency Plan and the plans and programs of the federal government and of other states to the fullest possible extent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 990"
citation: "California SB 990 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LGBTQ+ individuals", "Office of Emergency Services", "State Emergency Plan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9247ea-fb49-496d-8ee6-78aa7aa588c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990"
source_hash: "0fa644923d6d550c86b7d67bbd68ca242e8e326c8a1a069aa427602b3bb2ccdd"
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 990 (20232024) — Office of Emergency Services: State Emergency Plan: LGBTQ+ individuals.

Under existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the State Emergency Plan is the official document approved by the Governor that describes the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies, and includes elements addressing continuity of government, the emergency services of governmental agencies, mobilization of resources, mutual aid, and public information. Existing law makes the State Emergency Plan effective in each political subdivision of the state, and requires the governing body of each political subdivision to take necessary actions to carry out its provisions. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state and to coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency by the political subdivisions of this state, which are to be integrated into and coordinated with the State Emergency Plan and the plans and programs of the federal government and of other states to the fullest possible extent.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990&version=20230SB99099INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990&version=20230SB99098AMD)
3. **04/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990&version=20230SB99097AMD)
4. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990&version=20230SB99095CHP)
5. **SB990** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990)
6. **08/16/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB990&version=20230SB99096ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 990 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Ward — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB990 Padilla et al. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 3721.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2024-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3967.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 4023.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-07-02** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 6313.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 322, 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/5f9247ea-fb49-496d-8ee6-78aa7aa588c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).