CA SB 796

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Emergency medical services: state-employed public safety personnel: optional first aid skills.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law requires specified lifeguards, firefighters, and peace officers to be trained to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) . Existing law requires the training to meet standards prescribed by the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and to be provided at no cost to the lifeguard or firefighter employee. Existing regulations authorize those lifeguards, firefighters, and peace officers to perform specified optional first aid and CPR skills if the lifeguard, firefighter, or peace officer has been trained and tested to demonstrate competence and if authorized by the medical director of the local emergency medical services agency. This bill would require the authority to act as the authorizing entity for the optional first aid and CPR skills for the lifeguards, firefighters, and peace officers described above that are employed by a state agency, and would require the authority to develop and implement quality assurance and improvement measures, as specified, to ensure the safe and effective use of those skills.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23).
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2025-04-28
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2026-02-02
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
04/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-28Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Grove: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB796

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