California Assembly Bill 1863
Session 20232024
California Emergency Services Act: notification systems: Feather Alert.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 27, 2024
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Bill Number
1863
State
California
Session
20232024
James C. Ramos
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AB 1863 Ramos Assembly Third Reading
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Summary
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a "Feather Alert," as defined, if the law enforcement agency determines that specified criteria are satisfied with respect to an endangered indigenous person who has been reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances. Existing law requires the department, if it concurs that those specified requirements are met, to activate a Feather Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs. Existing law requires the department to create and submit a report to the Governor's office and the Legislature that includes an evaluation of the Feather Alert, as specified.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with specified groups including tribal nations, to develop policies and procedures providing instruction specifying how a law enforcement agency and certain entities involved in emergency warnings are required to proceed after a missing person has been reported to a law enforcement agency, as defined, and prescribed conditions are met. The bill would require those policies and procedures to include, among other things, procedures for the transfer of information regarding the missing person and the circumstances surrounding the missing person's disappearance, as specified.
This bill would require the department to respond to a law enforcement agency's or tribe's request to activate a Feather Alert within 48 hours of receiving the request. The bill would require the department to take reasonable steps to confirm that a report from a missing person's family members is not an attempt to locate an indigenous person who is intentionally avoiding or evading abuse, as specified. If the department declines to activate a Feather Alert, the bill would require it to provide written notice to the requesting law enforcement agency or tribe, as specified.
This bill would revise the conditions under which a law enforcement agency may request the department to activate a Feather Alert. In this regard, the bill would authorize the agency to make that request if it determines a Feather Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing and murdered indigenous persons. To make that determination, the bill would require a law enforcement agency to consider prescribed factors, including, among other things, that the agency or tribe believes that the person is in danger and is missing under specified circumstances.
This bill would revise the reporting requirement described above to require the department to work with law enforcement agencies and tribal nations to create the report and to submit the report no later than January 1, 2027. The bill would require the report to include information on the efficacy and advantages of the Feather Alert, including, but not limited to, statistical data on the number of cases closed and the number of cases that remain open, and the impact of the Feather Alert on other alert programs.
01/18/24 - Introduced
January 18, 2024
03/21/24 - Amended Assembly
March 21, 2024
05/20/24 - Amended Assembly
May 20, 2024
08/14/24 - Enrolled
August 14, 2024
09/27/24 - Chaptered
September 27, 2024
04/05/24- Assembly Emergency Management
April 5, 2024
04/22/24- Assembly Public Safety
April 22, 2024
05/06/24- Assembly Appropriations
May 6, 2024
05/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 21, 2024
06/21/24- Senate Public Safety
June 21, 2024
08/06/24- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 6, 2024
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09/27/2024
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2024.
09/27/2024
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
08/19/2024
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
08/12/2024
Assembly
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
08/12/2024
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
08/06/2024
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
08/05/2024
Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
06/25/2024
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/05/2024
Senate
Referred to Com. on PUB S.
05/23/2024
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/22/2024
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5537.)
05/21/2024
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/20/2024
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/20/2024
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16).
05/08/2024
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/24/2024
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/24/2024
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
04/09/2024
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
04/01/2024
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
03/21/2024
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
03/21/2024
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on E.M. and PUB. S.
01/19/2024
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
01/18/2024
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
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Record Created
Jan 19, 2024 12:15:22 PM
Record Updated
Oct 19, 2024 12:30:29 PM