Steve Glazer
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 7
Author
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies, and to include specified components. Existing law requires the office to approve, adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the oversight of the Department of Food and Agriculture into the standardized emergency management system. This bill would require the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine to develop a program called the California Veterinary Emergency Team, and would require the program to assist in the support and training of a network of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to assist in the veterinary care of household and domestic animals and livestock in emergencies, including disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The bill would also require the program to conduct or support research on best practices for the evacuation and care of the animals in disasters. The bill would require the university, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and the Director of Emergency Services to develop a memorandum of understanding for the university to consult with the secretary and the director regarding the coordination of the program's activities with the state government's disaster response practices and the deployment of the program's participants during disasters. The bill would require these provisions to apply to the university only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university. The bill would establish the California Veterinary Emergency Team Fund in the State Treasury to, upon appropriation, be used solely to support the program. The bill would specify that moneys in the fund are not to be considered offsets to any other state funds appropriated to the university.
June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
Coauthors revised.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1196.) (May 20).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 20.
April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 19.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 7.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 552.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
Set for hearing March 18.
Referral to Com. on G.O. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB547 | HTML |
| 02/18/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/13/21 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/16/21- Senate Agriculture | |
| 04/05/21- Senate Education | |
| 04/16/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/15/21- Assembly Agriculture |
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