California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2961 — Emergency medical services.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time. This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate ambulance patient offload time and report it twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, in collaboration with local EMS agencies, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7012.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5970.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  13. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27).

  16. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5540.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25).

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Coauthors revised.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  26. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  27. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • O'Donnell · Primary
  • Rodriguez · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • O'Donnell

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Rodriguez

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2961 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2961 O'Donnell et al. By Hernandez

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Chang — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
De León — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2961 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 78000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 9004
Republican 0001
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Obernolte — Not Voting
Fong — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 10001
Republican 1000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
McCarty — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Mayes — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2961 do?
Existing law creates the Commission on Emergency Medical Services, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, to, among other things, advise the Emergency Medical Services Authority on the development of an emergency medical data collection system. Existing law requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop a statewide standard methodology for the calculation and reporting of ambulance patient offload time, as defined, by a local emergency medical services (EMS) agency. Existing law authorizes a county to develop an emergency medical services program, and authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies and procedures to calculate and report ambulance patient offload time. This bill would require a local EMS agency to submit quarterly data to the authority that, among other things, is sufficient for the authority to calculate ambulance patient offload time by local EMS agency jurisdiction and by each facility in a local EMS agency jurisdiction. The bill would require the authority to calculate ambulance patient offload time and report it twice per year to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services. The bill would also require the authority, in collaboration with local EMS agencies, on or before December 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature on ambulance patient offload time and recommendations to reduce or eliminate ambulance patient offload time.
Who sponsors AB 2961?
AB 2961 is sponsored by O'Donnell and Rodriguez.
What is the current status of AB 2961?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2961?
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