CA AB2543 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 2543

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Engrossed on May 26 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-02 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Hearing: Aug 3 @ 10:00 am in 1021 O Street, Room 2200
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

An act to add Section 8570.7 to the Government Code, relating to emergency preparedness.

Title

Emergency preparedness: fuel and transportation resources: assessment.

Roll Calls

2026-06-30 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-06-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-05-26 - Assembly - AB 2543 Ransom Assembly Third Reading (Y: 72 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Assembly - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-02	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-01	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30).
2026-06-24	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
2026-06-10	Senate	Referred to Coms. on E.M. and E., U & C.
2026-05-27	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1.)
2026-05-19	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-18	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-05-14	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-06	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-28	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-27	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2026-04-23	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2026-04-16	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2026-04-15	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2026-04-14	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13).
2026-03-23	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-03-19	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-19	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on E.M and U. & E.
2026-02-21	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	8570.7	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#96AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#95AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543#94AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2543