CA AB 986
vetoedState of emergency and local emergency: landslides and climate change.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 986 pass?
No. CA AB 986 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 986 about?
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines 3 conditions or degrees of emergency for purposes of these provisions. This bill would additionally include a landslide among those conditions constituting a state of emergency or local emergency.
Who sponsors CA AB 986?
Muratsuchi is the primary sponsor of CA AB 986, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines 3 conditions or degrees of emergency for purposes of these provisions. This bill would additionally include a landslide among those conditions constituting a state of emergency or local emergency.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-24
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Muratsuchiauthor
- Allenprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure
2025-10-01
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-01
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3384.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-09
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2010.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-21
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-21
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-14
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-29
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
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2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
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
2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-28 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Hadwick: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 986 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Special Consent AB986 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
AB 986 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 80-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
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