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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2543: Emergency preparedness: fuel and transportation resources: assessment.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 2543 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Emergency preparedness: fuel and transportation resources: assessment. Primary sponsor: Rhodesia Ransom (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (September 27, 2026): Vetoed by Governor.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, generally prescribes duties with regard to various types of emergencies and disasters, including requiring the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to include in the State Hazard Mitigation Plan an evaluation of risks from specified causes of a long-term electrical outage and, based on that analysis, requires the plan to identify cost-effective and feasible measures to lessen risks from those hazards, including, hardening the critical infrastructure of electrical utilities.

This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2028, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, to submit an assessment to the relevant policy committees of the Senate and Assembly that (1) identifies and evaluates emergency types during which Californians’ access to fuel and transportation resources may be limited in a manner that would impact public health and safety, (2) identifies fuel and transportation resources that are important to maintain during each emergency type based on specified factors, and (3) provides recommendations for actions the state should take in the event of an emergency to ensure that fuel and transportation resources necessary for public health and safety are available during the emergency, as provided.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rhodesia RansomPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly13
Henry SternCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Vetoed by Governor.
  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6488.).
  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 13).
  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30).
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.
  12. Referred to Coms. on E.M. and E., U & C.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page