Bill Text: CA AB693 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: California Emergency Services Act: State Emergency Plan: frequency of update.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB693 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB693-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 693
| Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron |
February 13, 2023 |
An act to amend Section 8570.4 of the Government Code, relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 693, as introduced, Waldron.
California Emergency Services Act: State Emergency Plan: frequency of update.
Under existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the State Emergency Plan is the official document approved by the Governor that describes the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies, and includes elements addressing continuity of government, the emergency services of governmental agencies, mobilization of resources, mutual aid, and public information. Existing law makes the State Emergency Plan effective in each political subdivision of the state, and requires the governing body of each political subdivision to take necessary actions to carry out its provisions. Existing law requires the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state and to coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for the mitigation of
the effects of an emergency by the political subdivisions of this state, which are to be integrated into and coordinated with the State Emergency Plan and the plans and programs of the federal government and of other states to the fullest possible extent.
Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-induced disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters on people and property. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter.
This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2024, and every 3 years
thereafter.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8570.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:8570.4.
(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, on or before January 1, 2024, and every(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the
integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.
(2) As used in this subdivision, “access and functional needs population” has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
