AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 9, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

98

Introduced by Committee on Emergency Management (Assembly Members Ransom (Chair), Bains, Bennett, and Calderon)

February 20, 2026

An act to add Section 8586.10 to the Government Code, relating to emergency services.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) within the office of the Governor, and sets forth its powers and duties, including responsibility for addressing natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, including activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property.

This bill would require OES, in consultation with relevant state and local agencies, to develop catastrophic plans, as described.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8586.10 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8586.10.

(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with relevant state and local agencies, shall develop catastrophic plans.

(b) For purposes of this section, “catastrophic plans” include the following disaster response plans developed by the Office of Emergency Services or the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or both:

(1) Northern California Catastrophic Flood Response Plan.

(2) Bay Area Earthquake Plan.

(3) California Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake and Tsunami Response Plan.

(4) Southern California Catastrophic Earthquake Plan.

(5) Catastrophic Wildfires in the Wildland Urban Interface.

(6) Pandemic Influenza incident plan. Incident Plan.

(7) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive Incident Plan.