California Assembly Bill 580
Session 20212022
Emergency services: vulnerable populations.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 9, 2021
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
580
State
California
Session
20212022
Freddie Rodriguez
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Author
Motion Text
AB 580 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services (OES) under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law makes OES responsible for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property.
Existing law requires OES to establish a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. Existing law requires the director to appoint representatives of the disabled community to serve on pertinent committees related to that system, and to ensure that the needs of the disabled community are met within that system by ensuring certain committee recommendations include the needs of people with disabilities.
This bill instead would require the director to appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population, provided a majority of appointees are from specified groups, to serve on those committees and to ensure the needs of that population are met within that system.
Under existing law, political subdivisions, as defined, have full power during a local emergency to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements. Existing law defines "emergency plan" for these purposes to mean official and approved documents that describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. Existing law requires a county, upon the next update to its emergency plan, to integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan and to include representatives from the access and functional needs population, as defined, regarding that integration.
This bill would require a county to send a copy of its emergency plan to OES on or before March 1, 2022, and upon any update to the plan after that date. By creating a new duty for counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require OES, if requested, in consultation with representatives of people with a variety of access and functional needs, to review the emergency plan of each county to determine whether the plans are consistent with certain best practices and guidance, as specified. The bill would require counties to develop and revise emergency plans to address the issues identified by OES in OES's review. The bill would require OES, if requested, to provide technical assistance to a county in developing and revising its emergency plan to address the issues that the office identified in its review.
Existing law, on or before July 1, 2019, requires OES, in consultation with specified groups and entities, including the disability community, to develop guidelines for alerting and warning the public of an emergency, as specified, and to provide each city and county with a copy of the guidelines. Existing law requires OES, within 6 months of making those guidelines available and at least annually, to develop an alert and warning training that includes information regarding certain emergency alert systems and the alert and warning guidelines.
This bill, instead, would require OES to develop those guidelines on or before July 1, 2022, would include the access and functional needs community, as provided, instead of the disability community in the list of groups that OES is required to consult, and would require OES to develop the alert and warning training with involvement of representatives of the access and functional needs community.
Existing law requires OES, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, to complete an after-action report within 180 days after each declared disaster that reviews public safety response and disaster recovery activities.
This bill would require OES to include conclusions and recommendations based on findings in the report.
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.
02/11/21 - Introduced
February 11, 2021
04/05/21 - Amended Assembly
April 5, 2021
04/12/21 - Amended Assembly
April 12, 2021
09/03/21 - Amended Senate
September 3, 2021
09/13/21 - Enrolled
September 13, 2021
10/09/21 - Chaptered
October 9, 2021
04/16/21- Assembly Emergency Management
April 16, 2021
05/03/21- Assembly Appropriations
May 3, 2021
06/18/21- Senate Governmental Organization
June 18, 2021
07/01/21- Senate Appropriations
July 1, 2021
08/28/21- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 28, 2021
09/07/21- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 7, 2021
09/09/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 9, 2021
10/09/2021
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2021.
10/09/2021
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/17/2021
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
09/09/2021
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3080.).
09/09/2021
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3063.)
09/09/2021
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/09/2021
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2582.).
09/07/2021
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
09/03/2021
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
09/01/2021
Senate
Ordered to third reading.
09/01/2021
Senate
From special consent calendar.
08/31/2021
Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar.
08/26/2021
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/26/2021
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
07/05/2021
Senate
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
06/22/2021
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
05/27/2021
Senate
Referred to Com. on G.O.
05/13/2021
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/13/2021
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1408.)
05/06/2021
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
05/05/2021
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5).
04/21/2021
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
04/21/2021
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
04/20/2021
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19).
04/13/2021
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
04/12/2021
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
04/06/2021
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
04/05/2021
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
02/18/2021
Assembly
Referred to Com. on E.M.
02/12/2021
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
02/11/2021
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 12, 2021 12:02:50 PM
Record Updated
Nov 18, 2022 12:24:29 PM