State of emergency and local emergency: landslides and climate change.
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What it does
Official summary
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines 3 conditions or degrees of emergency for purposes of these provisions.
More detail
This bill would additionally include a landslide among those conditions constituting a state of emergency or local emergency.
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More on this bill
Where it stands
Introduced
Passed Assembly
Passed Senate
To Governor
5Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2026
Jan 22Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.Latest
Sep 24Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
Sep 12Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3384.).Major
Vote recorded AB 986 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
Sep 12In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Sep 11Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.).Passed Senate
Vote recorded Special Consent AB986 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen. Result: pass.Upper
Sep 9Ordered to special consent calendar.
Sep 2Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
Aug 29Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
Aug 29From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
Aug 18In committee: Referred to suspense file.Minor
Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
Jul 8From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
Jun 18Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
Jun 4In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
Jun 3Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2010.)Passed Assembly
Vote recorded AB 986 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
May 27Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
May 23Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
May 23From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).Major