California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 896 — Counties: search or rescue: costs.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides that persons whose specified actions cause an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response are liable for the expenses of an emergency response by a public agency to the incident, up to $12,000 per incident. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of a county may authorize the sheriff to search for and rescue persons, and that the expenses incurred by the sheriff in the performance of those duties are a proper county charge. Existing law also requires the county or city and county of residence of a person, searched for or rescued by a sheriff, to pay to the county or city and county conducting the search or rescue all of the reasonable search or rescue expenses in excess of $100 within 30 days after the submission of a reimbursement claim. This bill, notwithstanding the existing provisions relating to liability for specified emergency response expenses, would provide that whenever a county or city and county either receives a reimbursement claim from another county or city and county for a search or rescue, or conducts its own search or rescue, of one of its residents who is 16 years of age or older, the county or city and county may in turn seek reimbursement for the actual costs incurred from that resident, if the need for the search or rescue necessitated the use of extraordinary methods and was caused by an intentional act in knowing violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance that resulted in a criminal conviction of that person for that act. The bill would require the resident to pay within 30 days after being billed. This bill would prohibit the county or city and county from collecting reimbursement from persons whom the county or city and county determines are unable to pay the charges. The bill would prohibit a county or city and county from billing a resident more than $12,000, adjusted annually for inflation as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations, for a search or rescue, unless the search or rescue was caused by an act that resulted in a felony conviction of that resident under federal or state law. This bill would provide that the county or city and county may only seek reimbursement if the board of supervisors of that county or city and county passes an ordinance consistent with this bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Enrolled measure version corrected.

  5. Enrolled measure version corrected.

  6. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 2747.).

  7. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2312.).

  10. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15).

  15. In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1618.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 8).

  21. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wagner · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wagner

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 896 WAGNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70100
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79100
% of votes cast 99%1%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Special Consent #8 AB896 Wagner By Berryhill

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5001
Democratic 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Moorlach — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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AB 896 WAGNER Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64105
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 73106
% of votes cast 91%1%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Perea — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chau — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chu — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 7 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7101
Total 7101
% of votes cast 78%11%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Nay

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 896 do?
Existing law provides that persons whose specified actions cause an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response are liable for the expenses of an emergency response by a public agency to the incident, up to $12,000 per incident. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of a county may authorize the sheriff to search for and rescue persons, and that the expenses incurred by the sheriff in the performance of those duties are a proper county charge. Existing law also requires the county or city and county of residence of a person, searched for or rescued by a sheriff, to pay to the county or city and county conducting the search or rescue all of the reasonable search or rescue expenses in excess of $100 within 30 days after the submission of a reimbursement claim. This bill, notwithstanding the existing provisions relating to liability for specified emergency response expenses, would provide that whenever a county or city and county either receives a reimbursement claim from another county or city and county for a search or rescue, or conducts its own search or rescue, of one of its residents who is 16 years of age or older, the county or city and county may in turn seek reimbursement for the actual costs incurred from that resident, if the need for the search or rescue necessitated the use of extraordinary methods and was caused by an intentional act in knowing violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance that resulted in a criminal conviction of that person for that act. The bill would require the resident to pay within 30 days after being billed. This bill would prohibit the county or city and county from collecting reimbursement from persons whom the county or city and county determines are unable to pay the charges. The bill would prohibit a county or city and county from billing a resident more than $12,000, adjusted annually for inflation as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations, for a search or rescue, unless the search or rescue was caused by an act that resulted in a felony conviction of that resident under federal or state law. This bill would provide that the county or city and county may only seek reimbursement if the board of supervisors of that county or city and county passes an ordinance consistent with this bill.
Who sponsors AB 896?
AB 896 is sponsored by Wagner.
What is the current status of AB 896?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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