Josh Newman
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 29
Author
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified. This bill would require the department to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, and administer the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, which would collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 817, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5383.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3929.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3771.) (May 19).
Set for hearing May 19.
April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 18.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3203.) (March 23).
Set for hearing March 23.
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
(Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB855 | HTML |
| 01/19/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/21/22- Senate Health | |
| 04/15/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/17/22- Assembly Health | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/31/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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