SB 1020: State of emergency: Governor’s powers and annual report.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-04-27
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-05-14: May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.)
Introduced
In Committee
Awaiting First Chamber Vote
Passed First Chamber
In Committee
Awaiting Second Chamber Vote
Passed Second Chamber
Enacted
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (CESA), among other things, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected by, or likely to be affected by, conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state if specified local officials request the proclamation or the Governor determines that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. During a state of emergency, existing law confers on the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the state to effectuate the purposes of the CESA. Existing law requires the Governor, in the exercise of that authority, to promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, in enacting the CESA, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies, but not an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. The bill would further state that, to the greatest extent possible, additional spending should be undertaken through the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined, and changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
This bill would further require the Governor, in cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, to demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the general reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Existing law requires all of the powers granted to the Governor by the CESA with respect to a state of emergency to terminate when the state of emergency has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.This bill would automatically terminate an active state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the Governors proclamation unless the Governor issues a proclamation to renew the state of emergency, as specified. The bill would require the Governor, before issuing a renewal proclamation, to review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect. In the event that a subsequent emergency occurs under the original state of emergency, the bill would prohibit any powers from impeding the ability to respond. The
The bill would require the Office of Emergency Services, within a year from the date of termination of a state of emergency, on or before July 1, 2027, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, to prepare and submit a prescribed annual report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee Legislature and the Legislative Analysts Office about the state of emergency. consisting of a review of all open state of emergency proclamations.
Existing law establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to specified limitations, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor. Existing law requires funds to be allocated from the account subject to certain conditions and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature in enacting existing law to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. The bill would further state that existing law does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible, as specified. The bill would require notification by the Director of Finance to include certain information, including a description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (CESA), among other things, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected by, or likely to be affected by, conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state if specified local officials request the proclamation or the Governor determines that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. During a state of emergency, existing law confers on the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the state to effectuate the purposes of the CESA. Existing law requires the Governor, in the exercise of that authority, to promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, in enacting the CESA, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies, but not an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. The bill would further state that, to the greatest extent possible, additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined, and changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
This bill would require the Governor, in the exercise of the authority granted under the CESA, to first affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities and thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary. The bill would further require the Governor, in cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, to demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the general reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes, as defined, processes are insufficient to address these needs.
Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Existing law requires all of the powers granted to the Governor by the CESA with respect to a state of emergency to terminate when the state of emergency has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
This bill would automatically terminate an active state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the Governors proclamation unless the Governor complies with certain review and notification requirements and issues a proclamation to renew the state of emergency, as specified. In this regard, the The bill would require the Governor Governor, before issuing a renewal proclamation, to review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect. The bill would also require the Governor to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and the Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) with a notification of the necessity of renewing the state of emergency that includes, among other things, which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency. The bill would require that notification to be provided at least 30 days before the Governor issues a renewal proclamation, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the JLBC may determine. The bill would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES), in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, to collect and submit the required information to the JLBC and the LAO. The bill would require the renewal proclamation to identify which executive orders are still needed. Under the bill, any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation would automatically expire. Before issuing any new executive order under a renewed state of emergency, the bill would require the Governor to notify the JLBC and the LAO at least 72 hours in advance, or whatever lesser time is determined by the chairperson of the JLBC. The bill would automatically terminate a renewed state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the most recent renewal, unless the Governor complies with the requirements described above. In the event that a subsequent emergency occurs under the original state of emergency, the bill would prohibit any powers from impeding the ability to respond. The bill would require OES, the Office of Emergency Services, within a year from the date of termination of a state of emergency, to prepare and submit a prescribed report to the JLBC Joint Legislative Budget Committee and LAO the Legislative Analysts Office about the state of emergency.
Existing law establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to specified limitations, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor. Existing law requires funds to be allocated from the account subject to certain conditions and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature in enacting existing law to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. The bill would further state that existing law does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible, as specified. The bill would require notification by the Director of Finance to include certain information, including a description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (CESA), among other things, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected by, or likely to be affected by, conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state if specified local officials request the proclamation or the Governor determines that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. During a state of emergency, existing law confers on the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the state to effectuate the purposes of the CESA. Existing law requires the Governor, in the exercise of that authority, to promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, in enacting the CESA, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies, but not an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. The bill would further state that, to the greatest extent possible, additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation and changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
This bill would require the Governor, in the exercise of the authority granted under the CESA, to first affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities and thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary. The bill would further require the Governor, in cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, to demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes, as defined, are insufficient to address these needs.
Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a state emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Existing law requires all of the powers granted to the Governor by the CESA with respect to a state of emergency to terminate when the state of emergency has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
This bill would automatically terminate an active state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the Governors proclamation unless the Governor complies with certain review and notification requirements and issues a proclamation to renew the state of emergency, as specified. In this regard, the bill would require the Governor to review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect. The bill would also require the Governor to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and the Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) with a notification of the necessity of renewing the state of emergency that includes, among other things, which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency. The bill would require that notification to be provided at least 30 days before the Governor issues a renewal proclamation, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the JLBC may determine. The bill would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES), in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, to collect and submit the required information to the JLBC and the LAO. The bill would require the renewal proclamation to identify which executive orders are still needed. Under the bill, any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation would automatically expire. Before issuing any new executive order under a renewed state of emergency, the bill would require the Governor to notify the JLBC and the LAO at least 72 hours in advance, or whatever lesser time is determined by the chairperson of the JLBC. The bill would automatically terminate a renewed state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the most recent renewal, unless the Governor complies with the requirements described above. The bill would require OES, within a year from the date of termination of a state of emergency, to prepare and submit a prescribed report to the JLBC and LAO about the state of emergency.
Existing law establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to specified limitations, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor. Existing law requires funds to be allocated from the account subject to certain conditions and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature in enacting existing law to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. The bill would further state that existing law does not provide an alternative budget process process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible, as specified. The bill would require notification by the Director of Finance to include certain information, including a description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (CESA), among other things, authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected by, or likely to be affected by, conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state if specified local officials request the proclamation or the Governor determines that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. During a state of emergency, existing law confers on the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the state to effectuate the purposes of the CESA. Existing law requires the Governor, in the exercise of that authority, to promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature, in enacting the CESA, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies, but not an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. The bill would further state that, to the greatest extent possible, additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation and changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
This bill would require the Governor, in the exercise of the authority granted under the CESA, to first affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities and thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary. The bill would further require the Governor, in cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, to demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes, as defined, are insufficient to address these needs.
Existing law requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a state emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. Existing law requires all of the powers granted to the Governor by the CESA with respect to a state of emergency to terminate when the state of emergency has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
This bill would automatically terminate an active state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the Governors proclamation unless the Governor complies with certain review and notification requirements and issues a proclamation to renew the state of emergency, as specified. In this regard, the bill would require the Governor to review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect. The bill would also require the Governor to provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and the Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) with a notification of the necessity of renewing the state of emergency that includes, among other things, which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency. The bill would require that notification to be provided at least 30 days before the Governor issues a renewal proclamation, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the JLBC may determine. The bill would require the Office of Emergency Services (OES), in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, to collect and submit the required information to the JLBC and the LAO. The bill would require the renewal proclamation to identify which executive orders are still needed. Under the bill, any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation would automatically expire. Before issuing any new executive order under a renewed state of emergency, the bill would require the Governor to notify the JLBC and the LAO at least 72 hours in advance, or whatever lesser time is determined by the chairperson of the JLBC. The bill would automatically terminate a renewed state of emergency at the end of the next fiscal year following the most recent renewal, unless the Governor complies with the requirements described above. The bill would require OES, within a year from the date of termination of a state of emergency, to prepare and submit a prescribed report to the JLBC and LAO about the state of emergency.
Existing law establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to specified limitations, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature in enacting existing law to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. The bill would further state that existing law does not provide an alternative budget process and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible, as specified.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies. However, this chapter does not provide an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. To the greatest extent possible:
(a)Additional spending should be undertaken through the Legislatures budget and policy processes, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 8557.
(b)Changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
SEC. 2.Section 8557 of the Government Code is amended to read:8557.(a)State agency means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.
(b)Political subdivision includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law.
(c)Governing body means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision.
(d)Chief executive means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision.
(e)Disaster council and disaster service worker have the meanings as prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.
(f)Public facility means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment.
(g)Sudden and severe energy shortage means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has a statewide, regional, or local impact.
(h)For purposes of this chapter, a deenergization event means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
(i)Legislatures budget and policy processes means the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under Article IV of the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
SEC. 3.Section 8627 of the Government Code is amended to read:8627.(a)During a state of emergency, the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, shall have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the State of California in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(b)In cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, the Governor shall demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the general reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
SEC. 4.Section 8629 of the Government Code is amended to read:8629.(a)The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.(b)(1)A state of emergency proclaimed pursuant to Section 8625 that has not been terminated by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a) shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the Governors proclamation unless the Governor issues a proclamation deeming it necessary to renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.(2)Before issuing a renewal proclamation, the Governor shall review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect.(c)In the event that a subsequent emergency occurs under the original state of emergency, no powers shall impede the ability to respond. (d)All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of emergency shall terminate when either of the following occur:(1)The state of emergency terminates by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.(2)The state of emergency terminates pursuant to subdivision (b).SEC. 5.SEC. 4.Section 8629.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:8629.1.(a)On or before a year from the date of final termination of a state of emergency pursuant to Section 8629, the July 1, 2027, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, the Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and submit a an annual report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee Legislature and the Legislative Analysts Office. Office consisting of a review of all open state of emergency proclamations.
(b)The report required by subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information:
(1)The conditions that warranted warrant continuing or ending the each state of emergency.
(2)The amount of actual expenditures on the each state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
(3)The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
(4)Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to the each state of emergency that the Office of Emergency Services determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the states emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
SEC. 6.SEC. 5.Section 8690.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:8690.6.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. However, this section does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible. Specifically, augmentations for items that the administration had knowledge to include in its annual budget request, or that could be obtained through legislation with an appropriation, should not be pursued through the process provided by this section, unless the Governor determines that seeking the funds through the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557, would negatively impact response or recovery activities.
(b)The Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account is hereby established in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to the limitations specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), without regard to fiscal years, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558. For the purposes of this section, disaster response operations costs is defined as costs that are immediate and necessary to deal with an ongoing or emerging crisis. These allocations may be for activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor.
(c)Funds shall be allocated from the account subject to the conditions of this section and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house. Notification by the Director of Finance shall include all of the following:
(1)A description of why the funds are being allocated through the process provided by this section rather than the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557.
(2)A description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
(3)The amount of funding each entity will receive.
(4)A description of how each entity will use the funding.
(5)A description of how the amount needed by each entity was estimated.
(d)Notwithstanding the time limit established by subdivision (b) regarding disaster response activities that may be funded through the account, upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the 120-day period, extensions for allocations for activities that occur after the 120-day period may occur in up to 120-day increments. Any extensions beyond the initial 120 days shall not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the Director of Finance gives notice of the first extension, or the date upon which the Budget Act for the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year during which the director gave notice of the first extension is enacted, whichever is later. Each extension of up to 120 days will occur upon notification to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the initial 120-day period or the prior extension.
(e)It is the intent of the Legislature that the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account have an unencumbered balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) at the beginning of each fiscal year. If this account requires additional moneys to meet claims against the account, the Director of Finance may transfer moneys from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to the account in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the claims that exceed the unencumbered balance in the account.
(f)Notwithstanding any other law, authorizations for acquisitions, relocations, and environmental mitigations related to activities, described in subdivision (b), shall be authorized pursuant to this section. However, these funds shall be authorized only for needs that are a direct consequence of the proclaimed emergency if failure to undertake the project may interrupt essential state services or jeopardize public health or safety. In addition, any acquisition accomplished under this subdivision shall comply with any otherwise applicable law, except as provided in the first sentence of this subdivision.
(g)Funds allocated under this section shall not be used to supplant federal funds otherwise available in the absence of state financial relief.
(h)The amount of financial assistance provided to an individual, business, or governmental entity under this section, or pursuant to any other program of state-funded disaster assistance, shall be deducted from sums received in payment of damage claims asserted against the state, its agents, or its employees, for causing or contributing to the effects of the proclaimed disaster.
(i)Any public entity administering disaster assistance to individuals shall not receive funds under this section unless it administers that assistance pursuant to the following criteria:
(1)All applications, forms, and other written materials presented to persons seeking assistance shall be available in English and in the same language used by the major non-English-speaking group within the disaster area.
(2)Bilingual staff who reflect the demographics of the disaster area shall be available to applicants.
(j)Notwithstanding any other law, funds in the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account shall not be expended for conditions in the states prisons, medical facilities, or youth correctional facilities resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in administering those facilities.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies. However, this chapter does not provide an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. To the greatest extent possible:
(a)Additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation. Legislatures budget and policy processes, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 8557.
(b)Changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
SEC. 2.Section 8557 of the Government Code is amended to read:8557.(a)State agency means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.
(b)Political subdivision includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law.
(c)Governing body means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision.
(d)Chief executive means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision.
(e)Disaster council and disaster service worker have the meaning meanings as prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.
(f)Public facility means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment.
(g)Sudden and severe energy shortage means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has a statewide, regional, or local impact.
(h)For purposes of this chapter, a deenergization event means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
(i)Legislatures budget and policy processes means the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under Article IV of the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
SEC. 3.Section 8627 of the Government Code is amended to read:8627.(a)During a state of emergency, the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, shall have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the State of California in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(b)The Governor, in exercise thereof, shall do both of the following:(1)First affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities.(2)Thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary, in accordance with Section 8567.(c)(b)In cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, the Governor shall demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the general reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
SEC. 4.Section 8629 of the Government Code is amended to read:8629.(a)The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.
(b)(1)A state of emergency proclaimed pursuant to Section 8625 that has not been terminated by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a) shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the Governors proclamation unless, after review of the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, unless the Governor issues a proclamation deeming it necessary to renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.
(2)Before issuing a renewal proclamation, the Governor shall provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office of the necessity to renew the state of emergency. The notice shall include all of the following information: review the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect.
(A)A description of how emergency authorities and executive orders were used to address the emergency to date.(B)An assessment of the conditions that warrant keeping the emergency open.(C)Which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency and what actions the Governor expects to take.(D)Why the Governor needs to use the executive orders identified in subparagraph (C), rather than the otherwise required budget and policy processes, to undertake response and recovery activities.(E)The specific conditions that need to be satisfied to terminate the state of emergency.(F)The anticipated dates for termination of the state of emergency.(3)The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, shall collect and submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office the information required pursuant to paragraph (2).(4)The Governor, not sooner than 30 days after notification is provided pursuant to paragraph (2), or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine, may issue a proclamation to renew a state of emergency the Governor has deemed necessary. The renewal proclamation shall identify which executive orders are still needed. Any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation shall automatically expire.(5)Subsequent to renewal, the Governor shall not issue any new executive order with respect to the renewed state of emergency without providing notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office 72 hours or more in advance of issuance, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine.(6)A renewed state of emergency shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the most recent renewal, unless, after review of the renewed state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor deems it necessary to again renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.(c)In the event that a subsequent emergency occurs under the original state of emergency, no powers shall impede the ability to respond.
(c)(d)All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of emergency shall terminate when either of the following occur:
(1)The state of emergency terminates by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
(2)The state of emergency terminates pursuant to subdivision (b).
SEC. 5.Section 8629.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:8629.1.(a)On or before a year from the date of final termination of a state of emergency pursuant to Section 8629, the Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office.
(b)The report required by subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information:
(1)The conditions that warranted ending the state of emergency.
(2)The amount of actual expenditures on the state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
(3)The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
(4)Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to the state of emergency that the Office of Emergency Services determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the states emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
SEC. 6.Section 8690.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:8690.6.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. However, this section does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible. Specifically, augmentations for items that the administration had knowledge to include in its annual budget request, or that could be obtained through legislation with an appropriation, should not be pursued through the process provided by this section, unless the Governor determines that seeking the funds through the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557, would negatively impact response or recovery activities.
(b)The Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account is hereby established in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to the limitations specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), without regard to fiscal years, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558. For the purposes of this section, disaster response operations costs is defined as costs that are immediate and necessary to deal with an ongoing or emerging crisis. These allocations may be for activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor.
(c)Funds shall be allocated from the account subject to the conditions of this section and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house. Notification by the Director of Finance shall include all of the following:
(1)A description of why the funds are being allocated through the process provided by this section rather than the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557.
(2)A description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
(3)The amount of funding each entity will receive.
(4)A description of how each entity will use the funding.
(5)A description of how the amount needed by each entity was estimated.
(d)Notwithstanding the time limit established by subdivision (b) regarding disaster response activities that may be funded through the account, upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the 120-day period, extensions for allocations for activities that occur after the 120-day period may occur in up to 120-day increments. Any extensions beyond the initial 120 days shall not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the Director of Finance gives notice of the first extension, or the date upon which the Budget Act for the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year during which the director gave notice of the first extension is enacted, whichever is later. Each extension of up to 120 days will occur upon notification to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the initial 120-day period or the prior extension.
(e)It is the intent of the Legislature that the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account have an unencumbered balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) at the beginning of each fiscal year. If this account requires additional moneys to meet claims against the account, the Director of Finance may transfer moneys from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to the account in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the claims that exceed the unencumbered balance in the account.
(f)Notwithstanding any other law, authorizations for acquisitions, relocations, and environmental mitigations related to activities, described in subdivision (b), shall be authorized pursuant to this section. However, these funds shall be authorized only for needs that are a direct consequence of the proclaimed emergency if failure to undertake the project may interrupt essential state services or jeopardize public health or safety. In addition, any acquisition accomplished under this subdivision shall comply with any otherwise applicable law, except as provided in the first sentence of this subdivision.
(g)Funds allocated under this section shall not be used to supplant federal funds otherwise available in the absence of state financial relief.
(h)The amount of financial assistance provided to an individual, business, or governmental entity under this section, or pursuant to any other program of state-funded disaster assistance, shall be deducted from sums received in payment of damage claims asserted against the state, its agents, or its employees, for causing or contributing to the effects of the proclaimed disaster.
(i)Any public entity administering disaster assistance to individuals shall not receive funds under this section unless it administers that assistance pursuant to the following criteria:
(1)All applications, forms, and other written materials presented to persons seeking assistance shall be available in English and in the same language used by the major non-English-speaking group within the disaster area.
(2)Bilingual staff who reflect the demographics of the disaster area shall be available to applicants.
(j)Notwithstanding any other law, funds in the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account shall not be expended for conditions in the states prisons, medical facilities, or youth correctional facilities resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in administering those facilities.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies. However, this chapter does not provide an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. To the greatest extent possible:
(a)Additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation.
(b)Changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
SEC. 2.Section 8557 of the Government Code is amended to read:8557.(a)State agency means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.
(b)Political subdivision includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law.
(c)Governing body means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision.
(d)Chief executive means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision.
(e)Disaster council and disaster service worker have the meaning prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.
(f)Public facility means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment.
(g)Sudden and severe energy shortage means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has a statewide, regional, or local impact.
(h)For purposes of this chapter, a deenergization event means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
(i)Legislatures budget and policy processes means the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under Article IV of the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
SEC. 3.Section 8627 of the Government Code is amended to read:8627.(a)During a state of emergency, the Governor, to the extent the Governor deems necessary, shall have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the State of California in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(b)The Governor, in exercise thereof, shall do both of the following:
(1)First affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities.
(2)Thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce orders and regulations as the Governor deems necessary, in accordance with Section 8567.
(c)In cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, the Governor shall demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
SEC. 4.Section 8629 of the Government Code is amended to read:8629.(a)The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.
(b)(1)A state of emergency proclaimed pursuant to Section 8625 that has not been terminated by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a) shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the Governors proclamation unless, after review of the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor issues a proclamation deeming it necessary to renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.
(2)Before issuing a renewal proclamation, the Governor shall provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office of the necessity to renew the state of emergency. The notice shall include all of the following information:
(A)A description of how emergency authorities and executive orders were used to address the emergency to date.
(B)An assessment of the conditions that warrant keeping the emergency open.
(C)Which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency and what actions the Governor expects to take.
(D)Why the Governor needs to use the executive orders identified in subparagraph (C), rather than the otherwise required budget and policy processes, to undertake response and recovery activities.
(E)The specific conditions that need to be satisfied to terminate the state of emergency.
(F)The anticipated dates for termination of the state of emergency.
(3)The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, shall collect and submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office the information required pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4)The Governor, not sooner than 30 days after notification is provided pursuant to paragraph (2), or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine, may issue a proclamation to renew a state of emergency the Governor has deemed necessary. The renewal proclamation shall identify which executive orders are still needed. Any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation shall automatically expire.
(5)Subsequent to renewal, the Governor shall not issue any new executive order with respect to the renewed state of emergency without providing notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office 72 hours or more in advance of issuance, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine.
(6)A renewed state of emergency shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the most recent renewal, unless, after review of the renewed state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor deems it necessary to again renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.
(c)All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of emergency shall terminate when either of the following occur:
(1)The state of emergency terminates by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
(2)The state of emergency terminates pursuant to subdivision (b).
SEC. 5.Section 8629.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:8629.1.(a)On or before a year from the date of final termination of a state of emergency pursuant to Section 8629, the Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office.
(b)The report required by subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information:
(1)The conditions that warranted ending the state of emergency.
(2)The amount of actual expenditures on the state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
(3)The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
(4)Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to the state of emergency that the Office of Emergency Services determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the states emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
SEC. 6.Section 8690.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:8690.6.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. However, this section does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible. Specifically, augmentations for items that the administration had knowledge to include in its annual budget request request, or that could be obtained through legislation with an appropriation, should not be pursued through the process provided by this section. section, unless the Governor determines that seeking the funds through the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557, would negatively impact response or recovery activities.
(b)The Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account is hereby established in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to the limitations specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), without regard to fiscal years, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558. For the purposes of this section, disaster response operations costs is defined as costs that are immediate and necessary to deal with an ongoing or emerging crisis. These allocations may be for activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor.
(c)Funds shall be allocated from the account subject to the conditions of this section and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house. Notification by the Director of Finance shall include all of the following:
(1)A description of why the funds are being allocated through the process provided by this section rather than the Legislatures budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557.
(2)A description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
(3)The amount of funding each entity will receive.
(4)A description of how each entity will use the funding.
(5)A description of how the amount needed by each entity was estimated.
(d)Notwithstanding the time limit established by subdivision (b) regarding disaster response activities that may be funded through the account, upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the 120-day period, extensions for allocations for activities that occur after the 120-day period may occur in up to 120-day increments. Any extensions beyond the initial 120 days shall not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the Director of Finance gives notice of the first extension, or the date upon which the Budget Act for the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year during which the director gave notice of the first extension is enacted, whichever is later. Each extension of up to 120 days will occur upon notification to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the initial 120-day period or the prior extension.
(e)It is the intent of the Legislature that the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account have an unencumbered balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) at the beginning of each fiscal year. If this account requires additional moneys to meet claims against the account, the Director of Finance may transfer moneys from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to the account in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the claims that exceed the unencumbered balance in the account.
(f)Notwithstanding any other law, authorizations for acquisitions, relocations, and environmental mitigations related to activities, described in subdivision (b), shall be authorized pursuant to this section. However, these funds shall be authorized only for needs that are a direct consequence of the proclaimed emergency if failure to undertake the project may interrupt essential state services or jeopardize public health or safety. In addition, any acquisition accomplished under this subdivision shall comply with any otherwise applicable law, except as provided in the first sentence of this subdivision.
(g)Funds allocated under this section shall not be used to supplant federal funds otherwise available in the absence of state financial relief.
(h)The amount of financial assistance provided to an individual, business, or governmental entity under this section, or pursuant to any other program of state-funded disaster assistance, shall be deducted from sums received in payment of damage claims asserted against the state, its agents, or its employees, for causing or contributing to the effects of the proclaimed disaster.
(i)Any public entity administering disaster assistance to individuals shall not receive funds under this section unless it administers that assistance pursuant to the following criteria:
(1)All applications, forms, and other written materials presented to persons seeking assistance shall be available in English and in the same language used by the major non-English-speaking group within the disaster area.
(2)Bilingual staff who reflect the demographics of the disaster area shall be available to applicants.
(j)Notwithstanding any other law, funds in the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account shall not be expended for conditions in the states prisons, medical facilities, or youth correctional facilities resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in administering those facilities.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies. However, this chapter does not provide an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process. To the greatest extent possible:
(a)Additional spending should be undertaken through the annual state budget process or other state legislation.
(b)Changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through state legislation.
SEC. 2.Section 8557 of the Government Code is amended to read:8557.(a)State agency means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.
(b)Political subdivision includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law.
(c)Governing body means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision.
(d)Chief executive means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision.
(e)Disaster council and disaster service worker have the meaning prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.
(f)Public facility means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment.
(g) Sudden and severe energy shortage means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has a statewide, regional, or local impact.
(h)For purposes of this chapter, a deenergization event means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
(i)Legislatures budget and policy processes means the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under Article IV of the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
SEC. 3.Section 8627 of the Government Code is amended to read:8627.(a)During a state of emergency emergency, the Governor shall, Governor, to the extent he the Governor deems necessary, shall have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state by the Constitution and laws of the State of California in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. In
(b)The Governor, in exercise thereof, he shall promulgate, shall do both of the following:
(1)First affirm that the Legislatures budget and policy processes cannot be followed without negatively impacting response or recovery activities.
(2)Thereafter promulgate, issue, and enforce such orders and regulations as he the Governor deems necessary, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8567.
(c)In cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, the Governor shall demonstrate in each order the need for those suspensions, modifications, or promulgations and specify the reasons why the Legislatures budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
SEC. 4.Section 8629 of the Government Code is amended to read:8629.(a)The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. All of
(b)(1)A state of emergency proclaimed pursuant to Section 8625 that has not been terminated by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a) shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the Governors proclamation unless, after review of the state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor issues a proclamation deeming it necessary to renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.
(2)Before issuing a renewal proclamation, the Governor shall provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office of the necessity to renew the state of emergency. The notice shall include all of the following information:
(A)A description of how emergency authorities and executive orders were used to address the emergency to date.
(B)An assessment of the conditions that warrant keeping the emergency open.
(C)Which executive orders are still needed to respond to the emergency and what actions the Governor expects to take.
(D)Why the Governor needs to use the executive orders identified in subparagraph (C), rather than the otherwise required budget and policy processes, to undertake response and recovery activities.
(E)The specific conditions that need to be satisfied to terminate the state of emergency.
(F)The anticipated dates for termination of the state of emergency.
(3)The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with responding federal, state, and local entities, shall collect and submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office the information required pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4)The Governor, not sooner than 30 days after notification is provided pursuant to paragraph (2), or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine, may issue a proclamation to renew a state of emergency the Governor has deemed necessary. The renewal proclamation shall identify which executive orders are still needed. Any executive order not identified as necessary in the renewal proclamation shall automatically expire.
(5)Subsequent to renewal, the Governor shall not issue any new executive order with respect to the renewed state of emergency without providing notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office 72 hours or more in advance of issuance, or whatever lesser time the chairperson of the joint committee may determine.
(6)A renewed state of emergency shall automatically terminate at the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of the most recent renewal, unless, after review of the renewed state of emergency and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor deems it necessary to again renew the state of emergency in accordance with this section.
(c)All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of emergency shall terminate when the either of the following occur:
(1)The state of emergency has been terminated terminates by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
(2)The state of emergency terminates pursuant to subdivision (b).
SEC. 5.Section 8629.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:8629.1.(a)On or before a year from the date of final termination of a state of emergency pursuant to Section 8629, the Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and submit a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Analysts Office.
(b)The report required by subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information:
(1)The conditions that warranted ending the state of emergency.
(2)The amount of actual expenditures on the state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
(3)The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
(4)Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to the state of emergency that the Office of Emergency Services determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the states emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
SEC. 6.Section 8690.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:8690.6.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide flexibility for the administration in response to unanticipated emergency expenses. However, this section does not provide an alternative budget process, and proposals for additional spending ordinarily should be considered in the annual state budget or other state legislation to the greatest extent possible. Specifically, augmentations for items that the administration had knowledge to include in its annual budget request should not be pursued through the process provided by this section.
(a)(b)The Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account is hereby established in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties. Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys in the account are continuously appropriated, subject to the limitations specified in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), (c), (d), and (e), without regard to fiscal years, for allocation by the Director of Finance to state agencies for disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558. For the purposes of this section, disaster response operations costs is defined as costs that are immediate and necessary to deal with an ongoing or emerging crisis. These allocations may be for activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor.
(b)(c)Funds shall be allocated from the account subject to the conditions of this section and upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house.
(c)(d)Notwithstanding the time limit established by subdivision (a) (b) regarding disaster response activities that may be funded through the account, upon notification by the Director of Finance to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the 120-day period, extensions for allocations for activities that occur after the 120-day period may occur in up to 120-day increments. Any extensions beyond the initial 120 days shall not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the Director of Finance gives notice of the first extension, or the date upon which the Budget Act for the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year during which the director gave notice of the first extension is enacted, whichever is later. Each extension of up to 120 days will occur upon notification to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house before the expiration of the initial 120-day period or the prior extension.
(d)(e)It is the intent of the Legislature that the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account have an unencumbered balance of one million dollars ($1,000,000) at the beginning of each fiscal year. If this account requires additional moneys to meet claims against the account, the Director of Finance may transfer moneys from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to the account in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the claims that exceed the unencumbered balance in the account.
(e)(f)Notwithstanding any other law, authorizations for acquisitions, relocations, and environmental mitigations related to activities, described in subdivision (a), (b), shall be authorized pursuant to this section. However, these funds shall be authorized only for needs that are a direct consequence of the proclaimed emergency if failure to undertake the project may interrupt essential state services or jeopardize public health or safety. In addition, any acquisition accomplished under this subdivision shall comply with any otherwise applicable law, except as provided in the first sentence of this subdivision.
(f)(g)Funds allocated under this section shall not be used to supplant federal funds otherwise available in the absence of state financial relief.
(g)(h)The amount of financial assistance provided to an individual, business, or governmental entity under this section, or pursuant to any other program of state-funded disaster assistance, shall be deducted from sums received in payment of damage claims asserted against the state, its agents, or its employees, for causing or contributing to the effects of the proclaimed disaster.
(h)(i)Any public entity administering disaster assistance to individuals shall not receive funds under this section unless it administers that assistance pursuant to the following criteria:
(1)All applications, forms, and other written materials presented to persons seeking assistance shall be available in English and in the same language used by the major non-English-speaking group within the disaster area.
(2)Bilingual staff who reflect the demographics of the disaster area shall be available to applicants.
(i)(j)Notwithstanding any other law, funds in the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account shall not be expended for conditions in the states prisons, medical facilities, or youth correctional facilities resulting solely from the action or inaction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in administering those facilities.
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| May 14, 2026 | May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| May 12, 2026 | Set for hearing May 14. |
| May 11, 2026 | May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| May 4, 2026 | Set for hearing May 11. |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 23, 2026 | From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3972.) (April 21). |
| Apr 23, 2026 | From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). |
| Apr 14, 2026 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M. |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Set for hearing April 21. |
| Mar 20, 2026 | March 24 hearing postponed by committee. |
| Mar 16, 2026 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M. |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Set for hearing March 24. |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Referred to Com. on E.M. |
| Feb 11, 2026 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13. |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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| May 11, 2026 | Placed on suspense file | Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations |
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| Apr 21, 2026 | Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] | Senate Standing Committee on Emergency Management |
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON
Senator Sabrina Cervantes, Chair
2025 - 2026 Regular Session
SB 1020 (Niello) - State of emergency: Governor’s powers and annual report
Version: | Policy Vote: |
Urgency: | Mandate: |
Hearing Date: | Consultant: |
Bill Summary:
SB 1020 requires the Governor, when exercising emergency authority under the Emergency Services Act (ESA), to demonstrate the need for the suspension, modification, or promulgation of statutes or regulations and specify why established legislative budget and policy processes are insufficient to address the emergency conditions. SB 1020 also requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to submit an annual report to the Legislature and Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) reviewing all open state of emergency proclamations, and expands the information required in notifications from the Department of Finance (DOF) to specified legislative committees regarding Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) allocations.
Fiscal Impact:
- OES reports General Fund costs of approximately $10.54 million in the first year and $4.44 million ongoing to build and maintain an IT system, as well as for additional staff to track disaster-related expenditures across all state agencies. OES notes that a dedicated IT system would be necessary to capture the detailed expenditure data required for the annual report.
- Unknown fiscal impact for DOF to include additional information in its notifications to legislative fiscal committees regarding DREOA allocations. Actual impact to DOF depends on the extent to which the department already tracks the required data and fund purposes, the frequency of fund allocations from DREOA, and the scope of disaster response operations costs.
Background:
Under the ESA the Governor is authorized to proclaim a state of emergency (SOE) when conditions of disaster or extreme peril exist, local authorities are unable to cope with the crisis, or a local official requests state intervention. While local governments must first issue their own emergency proclamations to trigger this request, the Governor holds broad powers to fund response efforts and issue executive orders that carry the force and effect of law. To ensure transparency and compliance, the Governor is required to provide widespread public notice of any new, amended, or rescinded regulations during these periods.
California currently maintains over 50 active SOE proclamations, notably for the Los Angeles County fires of 2025 and several severe storm events through April 2026. These proclamations often involve disasters that require extended recovery periods long after the immediate threat has passed. A SOE proclamation facilitates essential financial and logistical support through partnerships with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). However, these statuses are not permanent. For instance, in March 2026, the Governor terminated 18 open SOEs covering a prior drought and various past fire and storm incidents following a determination that state-level intervention was no longer necessary for local response or recovery.
Proposed Law:
- Requires the Governor, when exercising emergency authority granted under the ESA, to demonstrate the need for the suspension, modification, or promulgation of existing or new statutes or regulations and specify why the Legislature’s budget and policy processes are insufficient to address the emergency conditions.
- Defines “Legislature’s budget and policy processes” to mean the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under Article IV of the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
- Requires OES, by July 1, 2027, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, to submit an annual report to the Legislature and LAO reviewing all open state of emergency proclamations. Requires the report to include:
- The conditions that warrant continuing or ending each state of emergency.
- The amount of actual expenditures on each state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
- The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
- Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to each state of emergency that OES determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the state’s emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
- Requires the DOF notification provided to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house regarding DREOA allocations to include:
- A description of why the funds are being allocated through the process provided by this section rather than the Legislature’s budget and policy process, as defined in Section 8557.
- A description of the entities that will receive funding allocations from the account.
- The amount of funding each entity will receive.
- A description of how each entity will use the funding.
- A description of how the amount needed by each entity was estimated.
- States legislative intent to provide flexibility for the administration to respond to emergencies and for unanticipated expenses while not providing alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory processes. Further states that additional spending and changes to law or regulation should be undertaken through the Legislature’s budget and policy processes.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Senator Henry Stern
Chair
2025 - 2026 Regular
Bill No: Hearing Date: 4/21/2026
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Urgency: | Fiscal: | ||
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SUBJECT:
SUMMARY: Makes the Governor’s emergency powers authority under the California Emergency Services Act (ESA) subject to a specified renewal process and requires the notification provided to the Legislature related to emergency spending to include additional specified information.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
- The California Emergency Services Act (ESA) empowers the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency (SOE) in an area affected, or likely to be affected, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and either when requested to do so by a local governing authority or the Governor finds that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency.
- Empowers the Governor to expend any appropriation and to make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of the ESA, as specified. The orders and regulations shall have the force and effect of law.
- Provides that orders and regulations issued during a SOE shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon their issuance, as specified. The temporary suspension of any statute, ordinance, regulation, or rule shall remain in effect until the order or regulation is rescinded by the Governor, the Governor proclaims the termination of the SOE, or for a period of 60 days, whichever occurs first.
- Authorizes the Governor, during a SOE, to suspend any regulatory statute, or statute prescribing the procedure for conduct of state business, or the orders, rules, or regulations of any state agency, as specified, where the Governor determines and declares that strict compliance with any statute, order, rule, or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the emergency.
- Requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a SOE at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. All of the powers granted by the Governor with respect to a SOE shall terminate when the SOE has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end.
- Establishes the Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) to support disaster response operation costs incurred by state agencies as a result of a SOE. Provides that the Director of the Department of Finance (DOF) approves DREOA allocations upon notification to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC).
This bill:
- Expresses legislative intent for purposes of this bill, including that the ESA does not provide an alternative legislative, budget, or regulatory process and the DREOA does not provide an alternative budget process, as specified.
- Defines “Legislature’s budget and policy processes” to mean the regular and extraordinary legislative appropriations, budget, and statutory processes provided under the California Constitution; the Senate Rules, Assembly Rules, and Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly; and any related statute.
- Requires the Governor to demonstrate need in cases where the Governor orders the suspension or modification of existing statutes or regulations, including the state Budget Act, or promulgates new statutes or regulations, and to provide in each order the general reasons why the Legislature’s budget and policy processes are insufficient to address these needs.
- Requires an active SOE that has not been terminated by the Governor to automatically terminate at the end of the next fiscal year following the Governor’s emergency proclamation unless, after review of the SOE and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect, the Governor issues a renewal proclamation.
- Establishes that, in the event that a subsequent emergency occurs under the original SOE, no powers shall impede the ability to respond.
- Provides that a SOE shall terminate by proclamation of the Governor, by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it an end, or pursuant to the process provided in this bill.
- Requires DOF to include additional specified information in the notification of DREOA allocations to the JLBC.
Background
Author’s statement. According to the author, “California’s susceptibility to frequent wildfires, storms, and public health crises necessitates a system for rapid action. To facilitate this, the Legislature enacted the ESA, which grants the Governor broad authority to proclaim a SOE. This delegation of power is intended to bypass the naturally slow and deliberative legislative process in favor of decisive executive action….Data shows that these emergencies often remain open for years, long after the physical threat has dissipated. The current structure creates a significant imbalance in power, as the Governor effectively determines when the standard legislative budget and policy processes no longer apply.
SB 1020 creates a framework, based off of recommendations from the LAO, to determine what normal ‘budgetary and legislative processes’ mean; creates an automatic sunset of SOEs at the end of the following fiscal year that the SOE was declared; with an allowance to extend the SOE if necessary; and establishes a mandatory report designed to inform the Legislature on which processes were effective and what improvements are necessary for future crisis responses.”
California Emergency Services Act (ESA). The ESA grants the Governor the authority to proclaim a SOE in an area affected or likely to be affected when: a) conditions of disaster or extreme peril exist; b) the Governor is requested to do so upon request from a designated local government official; or c) the Governor finds that local authority is inadequate to cope with the emergency. Local governments may also issue local emergency proclamations, which is a prerequisite for requesting the Governor’s proclamation of a SOE.
The ESA grants the Governor several powers, including the power to expend any appropriation for support of the ESA to carry out its provisions and the authority to make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations necessary to carry out the ESA. The orders and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. The Governor is required to provide widespread publicity and notice of these orders and regulations, or amendments and rescissions thereof.
SOE Proclamations. There are currently over 50 SOE proclamations in California. Recent ongoing SOE proclamations cover the Los Angeles County fires and windstorm events of January 2025 as well as numerous other storm events throughout 2025. SOE proclamations often involve disasters that require extended recovery periods long after the immediate threat has passed. A SOE proclamation also allows the state to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide financial and other support for recovery efforts.
Recently terminated SOEs. In March 2026, the Governor signed a proclamation terminating 18 open SOEs after review and consultation with local governments. The SOEs covered various prior fires and storms, counties that remained under a drought SOE, and other incidents for which a proclaimed SOE was no longer necessary to facilitate response and recovery efforts. Upon this further review, the termination proclamation was issued to end the SOEs.
Disaster Response-Emergency Operations Account (DREOA). DREOA provides the Director of DOF with the authority to make disaster-response allocations to state agencies and departments for immediate and necessary activities that occur within 120 days after a proclamation of emergency by the Governor and extended in 120-day increments through notification to the JLBC. The Director of DOF is authorized to transfer money from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties to pay for expenditures from DREOA. In addition, as previously noted, the Governor can transfer any fund legally available into DREOA in order to deal with the SOE. It is a funding source that enables the state to provide a more expeditious response to, and recovery from, disasters.
LAO Report. In April 2025, the LAO published a report entitled “Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities” describing how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a SOE. The report assessed the degree to which this is needed to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place. Lastly, the LAO included various recommendations in the report intended to allow the Legislature to exercise more of its core powers and ensure adequate oversight of the Governor during emergencies. This bill incorporates some of these recommendations.
Comments.
Establishes a new process for SOEs to terminate unless renewed. Currently, the ESA requires the Governor to proclaim the termination of a SOE at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. All of the powers granted to the Governor by the ESA with respect to a SOE terminate when the SOE has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature declaring it at an end. If the Legislature wishes to end a SOE and all corresponding emergency orders, it already has the authority under the ESA to do so, absent this bill. Prior legislative efforts have attempted to do just that.
Under this bill, if the Governor does not act to terminate an open SOE, the SOE will automatically terminate at the end of the next fiscal year unless the Governor renews it after reviewing the SOE and corresponding executive orders to determine whether they need to remain in effect. Typically, SOE proclamations include the specific conditions and justifications warranting the SOE, the areas affected, the anticipated impacts, and a list of actions through executive orders that implement the Governor’s emergency authority. This makes the conditional review prior to the renewal that is required in this bill redundant and unnecessary.
Troublesome fiscal year termination trigger. This bill ties the termination of an open SOE to the fiscal year following the original proclamation unless it is renewed by the Governor. Prescribing such a specific timing rule for renewing a SOE fails to consider the type, scope, scale and complexity of both the emergency and the response as it unfolds in real time, all of which necessitate ongoing and swift operation under the SOE. For example, the SOE following the January 2025 Los Angeles Fires remains in place indefinitely because of the scope and scale of the damage and the various waivers that have been granted, resources that have been committed, and contracting that has been required to facilitate continuous response and recovery that is estimated to take several years.
Recommended amendments. Rather than establishing a potentially burdensome SOE renewal process as contemplated in this bill, the Committee may wish to consider amending the bill to direct the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), the state agency tasked with implementing the ESA, to review open SOEs once each year and report to the Legislature with information that justifies keeping the SOEs open or warrants their termination. This approach provides the Legislature with a lookback mechanism and the opportunity to exercise existing authority under the ESA to take action on an SOE and all corresponding emergency orders based on information from the report. Specifically, the Committee may wish to amend this bill as described below:
Amendment #1: Strike Section 4.
Amendment #2: Amend Section 5 and 6 as follows:
SEC. 5. 4. Section 8629.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:
8629.1. (a) On or before a year from the date of final termination of a state of emergency pursuant to Section 8629, the The Office of Emergency Services shall prepare and submit a an annual report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee Legislature and the Legislative Analyst’s Office consisting of a review of all open state of emergency proclamations.
(b) The report required by subdivision (a) shall include all of the following information:
(1) The conditions that warranted continuing or ending the each state of emergency.
(2) The amount of actual expenditures on the each state of emergency, including state spending and federal reimbursements.
(3) The local assistance provided to political subdivisions for response and recovery, to the extent known at the time of the report.
(4) Information on any item of concern or lesson learned relating to the each state of emergency that the Office of Emergency Services determines the Legislature should be informed of to help improve the state’s emergency response process, including recommendations for statutory change.
SEC. 6 5.
Prior/Related Legislation
SB 1368 (Dahle) of 2022 would have required a SOE to terminate 45 days after the Governor’s proclamation of the SOE unless the Legislature extends it by a concurrent resolution. (Failed passage in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 933 (Melendez) of 2022 would have required an emergency order to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling public health or safety purpose and limited in duration, applicability, and scope, as specified, and would have removed the authority for DOF to extend DREOA allocations in 120-day increments through notification to the JLBC. (Never heard in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
AB 1687 (Seyarto) of 2022 would have provided that the Governor may only suspend a statute or regulation during a SOE in connection with the specific conditions of the emergency, as specified. (Vetoed by the Governor)
AB 2902 (Kiley) of 2022 would have required a SOE to terminate 30 days after the Governor’s proclamation of the SOE unless the Legislature extends it by a concurrent resolution, as specified. (Never heard in the Assembly Emergency Management Committee)
SB 209 (Dahle) of 2021 would have required a SOE to terminate 45 days after the Governor’s proclamation of the SOE unless the Legislature extends it by a concurrent resolution. (Never heard in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:
SUPPORT:
Stand Up Sacramento County
OPPOSITION:
None on file
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: In support of the bill, Stand Up Sacramento County writes that, “Currently, legislative checks and balances are not in place to prevent executive power overreach. Given the trend of Governors to not terminate their SOE’s in timely manners and a dysfunctional system for the Legislature to overturn them, California currently has 63 open SOEs dating back to 2015. Often, they remain open long after there is an emergency or even an inkling of a continued threat.”
Discussed in Hearing
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Senate Standing Committee on Emergency Management
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