CA SB985 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 985

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Engrossed on May 22 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-02 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 53121 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

Title

911 emergency system.

Roll Calls

2026-07-01 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-15 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-05-22 - Senate - Special Consent SB985 Strickland et al (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-04 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-17 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Emergency Management] (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
2026-06-10	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-06-01	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on E.M and C. & C.
2026-05-22	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-22	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4418.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-20	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4260.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04	Senate	May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24	Senate	Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-23	Senate	April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-17	Senate	Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-15	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3864.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-08	Senate	Set for hearing April 14.
2026-03-23	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-03-19	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 3589.) (March 17).
2026-03-09	Senate	Set for hearing March 17.
2026-02-18	Senate	Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and E.M.
2026-02-09	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2026-02-05	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	53121	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB985
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB985#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB985#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB985#97AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB985