Bill Text: CA AB1863 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California Emergency Services Act: notification systems: Feather Alert.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2024. [AB1863 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1863-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1863

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Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos

January 18, 2024

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An act relating to the California Emergency Services Act.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1863, as introduced, Ramos. California Emergency Services Act: notification systems.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a “Feather Alert,” as defined, if specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person who has been reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. Existing law requires the department, if it concurs that specified requirements are met, to activate a Feather Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to improve the Feather Alert.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to improve the Feather Alert.