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AB 1207 — Pathways Through Pandemics Task Force.
Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, under the direction of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, which includes, among other departments, the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention and control of communicable diseases, including programs that provide for the testing for, notifications of exposure to, and tracking by the state of, communicable diseases. This bill would establish, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Pathways Through Pandemics Task Force to study lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and to develop strategies to navigate future pandemics. The bill would require the task force to convene various entities to engage in discussions on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, develop and recommend best practices for an equitable response to future pandemics, and determine the impact of state laws on coordinating the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as specified. The bill would require the task force to report its findings to the Legislature, as specified, on or before December 1, 2024, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2025.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 09/10/21 - Enrolled Current pdf September 10, 2021
- Amended 09/01/21 - Amended Senate pdf September 01, 2021
- Amended 07/06/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 06, 2021
- Amended 06/01/21 - Amended Assembly pdf June 01, 2021
- Amended 04/22/21 - Amended Assembly pdf April 22, 2021
- Amended 03/18/21 - Amended Assembly pdf March 18, 2021
- Introduced 02/19/21 - Introduced pdf February 19, 2021
- AB1207 View text html
Action History
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Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2923.).
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Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2460.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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Ordered to third reading.
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From special consent calendar.
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Ordered to special consent calendar.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
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In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30).
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1891.)
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1708.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20).
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Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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Read first time.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah · Primary
- Robert Rivas · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic
Co-sponsors (1)
- Rivas, Robert Democratic
Not signed on (120)
120 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 120 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Vince Fong | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | 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 |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Valladares, Suzette Martinez | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Min | — | Yea |
| Borgeas | — | Not Voting |
| Allen, Benjamin | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Cortese, Dave | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Not Voting |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Not Voting |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Villapudua | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Valladares, Suzette Martinez | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (16)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Lorena Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Not Voting |
| Waldron | — | Not Voting |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1207 do?
- Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, under the direction of the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, which includes, among other departments, the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention and control of communicable diseases, including programs that provide for the testing for, notifications of exposure to, and tracking by the state of, communicable diseases. This bill would establish, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Pathways Through Pandemics Task Force to study lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and to develop strategies to navigate future pandemics. The bill would require the task force to convene various entities to engage in discussions on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, develop and recommend best practices for an equitable response to future pandemics, and determine the impact of state laws on coordinating the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as specified. The bill would require the task force to report its findings to the Legislature, as specified, on or before December 1, 2024, and would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2025.
- Who sponsors AB 1207?
- AB 1207 is sponsored by Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (Democratic) and Rivas, Robert (Democratic).
- What is the current status of AB 1207?
- This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 1207?
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