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CA AB 2475

enacted

Standardized emergency management system.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2475 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2475 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2475 about?

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, requires the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to complete an after-action report within 180 days of a declared disaster, as provided. This bill would instead require the Office of Emergency Services to complete 2 after-action reports, the first within the first 180 days of a declaration of a state of emergency and the second no later than 180 days after a declared state of emergency ends, as provided. The bill would also require the office to annually draft a written update related to the recovery activities of all open states of emergency, as provided. The bill would require the office to send both reports and any annual recovery updates to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Emergency Management, as provided. This bill would additionally require, no later than 120 days after a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor ends, that each affected city, county, or city and county provide the Office of Emergency Services with information regarding local recovery efforts. The bill would specify that this information shall include, but not be limited to, any conclusions and recommendations based on a review of the public safety response and disaster recovery efforts. By imposing a new reporting requirement upon local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 2475?

Committee on Emergency Management is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2475.

Description

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, requires the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The act requires the Office of Emergency Services to complete an after-action report within 180 days of a declared disaster, as provided. This bill would instead require the Office of Emergency Services to complete 2 after-action reports, the first within the first 180 days of a declaration of a state of emergency and the second no later than 180 days after a declared state of emergency ends, as provided. The bill would also require the office to annually draft a written update related to the recovery activities of all open states of emergency, as provided. The bill would require the office to send both reports and any annual recovery updates to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Emergency Management, as provided. This bill would additionally require, no later than 120 days after a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor ends, that each affected city, county, or city and county provide the Office of Emergency Services with information regarding local recovery efforts. The bill would specify that this information shall include, but not be limited to, any conclusions and recommendations based on a review of the public safety response and disaster recovery efforts. By imposing a new reporting requirement upon local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2026-04-07
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Emergency Managementauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-03

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1.).

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  5. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6584.).

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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. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  12. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  14. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-05-28

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

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  17. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6.)

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  18. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6. Page 5484.)

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  19. 2026-05-19

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-18

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  21. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 14).

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  22. 2026-04-29

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  23. 2026-04-14

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  25. 2026-04-07

    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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  26. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

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  27. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  28. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 04/07/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-07Compare
  • 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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  • AB2475Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-13 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Bains: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: no
    • DeMaio: other
  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 12-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Dixon: other
  • AB 2475 Emergency Management Assembly Third Reading By RANSOM

    2026-05-28 · pass · 65-6

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

    2026-06-30 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: other

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