CA AB 2341
enactedLocal government: emergency response services: use of languages other than English.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2341 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2341 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-31): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2341 about?
Existing law requires, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5% or more of the people speak English less than "very well," according to American Community Survey data, and jointly speak a language other than English, that the local agency provide information related to the emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well," as specified. This bill would revise these provisions to instead require the local agency to provide information related to an emergency within a local agency's jurisdiction in English and translated in each language spoken by 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well." The bill, to determine whether a language meets the criteria for translation, would require a local agency to calculate the total population of those within its jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well," and, for each language included in the American Community Survey data, or data from an equally reliable source, determine whether speakers of any language who speak English less than "very well" comprise at least 5% of the total population of that jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well." The bill would make organizational and clarifying changes to the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA AB 2341?
Fong is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2341, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law requires, in the event of an emergency within the jurisdiction of a local agency that provides emergency response services and that serves a population within which 5% or more of the people speak English less than "very well," according to American Community Survey data, and jointly speak a language other than English, that the local agency provide information related to the emergency in English and in all languages spoken jointly by the 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well," as specified. This bill would revise these provisions to instead require the local agency to provide information related to an emergency within a local agency's jurisdiction in English and translated in each language spoken by 5% or more of the population that speaks English less than "very well." The bill, to determine whether a language meets the criteria for translation, would require a local agency to calculate the total population of those within its jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well," and, for each language included in the American Community Survey data, or data from an equally reliable source, determine whether speakers of any language who speak English less than "very well" comprise at least 5% of the total population of that jurisdiction that speaks English less than "very well." The bill would make organizational and clarifying changes to the above-described provisions, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-16
- Latest action
- 2026-08-31 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Fongauthor
- Umbergprincipal coauthor
- Rubiocoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-31
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-08-31
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-20
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6139.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-11
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-10
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-10
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5320.).
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2026-08-03
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-04
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Referred to Coms. on E.M. and L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-05-14
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-14
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5038.).
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4931.)
2026-04-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-04-16
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-16
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-04-14
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
- 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 05/05/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-05Compare
- 06/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-04Compare
- 06/23/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-23Compare
- 08/17/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-17Compare
- 08/31/26 - Chaptered — 2026-08-31Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-13 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- DeMaio: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bains: other
AB 2341 Fong Third Reading Urgency
2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Flora: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Soria: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Papan: yes
- Davies: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Lee: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ward: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Arambula: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Bennett: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-16 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Allen: yes
- Grove: yes
- Stern: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-07-01 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Durazo: yes
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