Bill Commons

CA AB 2041

enacted

Emergency medical services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2041 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2041 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2041 about?

Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish within its jurisdiction a basic emergency telephone system that includes, at a minimum, police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services. Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor and requires the office to be responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. Existing law requires the office, at specified intervals, to consult with, among others, the State Fire Marshal and the State Department of Public Health in order to review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems. Existing law requires a public safety agency that provides "911" call processing services for emergency medical response to, by January 1, 2027, provide prearrival medical instructions to "911" callers requiring medical assistance, as specified. This bill would require a public safety agency described above that was not providing prearrival instructions to the "911" callers described above on or before January 1, 2027, to report to their local emergency medical services agency the status of their compliance with the above-described requirement on or before January 31, 2027.

Who sponsors CA AB 2041?

Carrillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2041.

Description

Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish within its jurisdiction a basic emergency telephone system that includes, at a minimum, police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services. Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor and requires the office to be responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. Existing law requires the office, at specified intervals, to consult with, among others, the State Fire Marshal and the State Department of Public Health in order to review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems. Existing law requires a public safety agency that provides "911" call processing services for emergency medical response to, by January 1, 2027, provide prearrival medical instructions to "911" callers requiring medical assistance, as specified. This bill would require a public safety agency described above that was not providing prearrival instructions to the "911" callers described above on or before January 1, 2027, to report to their local emergency medical services agency the status of their compliance with the above-described requirement on or before January 31, 2027.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carrilloauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6576.).

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  6. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  8. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-20

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2026-06-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-06-22

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  12. 2026-06-11

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  14. 2026-05-22

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2026-05-22

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 5249.)

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  16. 2026-05-18

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5142.)

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  17. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-05-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 13).

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  19. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  22. 2026-04-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  23. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  24. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

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  25. 2026-03-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and E.M.

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  27. 2026-02-18

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

  28. 2026-02-17

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/17/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-17Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
  • 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB2041Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]

    2026-03-25 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Krell: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-23 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ransom: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bennett: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-13 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Ta: other

  • AB 2041 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-22 · pass · 70-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Castillo: other
    • Chen: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Davies: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-10 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Gonzalez: other

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