AB 2041: Emergency medical services. - California

08/30/26 - Enrolled → AB2041 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The difference is purely presentational: the first version is the formal enrolled legislative document (with page numbers, chapter placeholder, and governor's signature block), while the second is a web-based rendering of the same bill text from the California Legislature website, complete with navigation menus and interface elements.

TECHNICAL

The formal legislative document formatting was replaced with a web page layout. Page numbers, chapter number placeholder, governor's receipt date line, and signature block were removed. Website navigation elements (home, FAQ, search, bill tracking links) were added.

08/20/26 - Amended Senate → 08/30/26 - Enrolled · 2 edits · Aug 30, 2026

MINOR

This diff represents the transition from the Amended Senate version to the final Enrolled version of AB 2041. The substantive policy content is unchanged; the differences are primarily formatting (removal of amendment markup, addition of passage dates and Governor's signature block) and the finalization of a date correction in subsection (d) that changed the compliance reference date from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027.

TIMELINE

Subsection (d) finalized the compliance reference date: agencies that were not providing prearrival instructions 'on or before January 1, 2026' was corrected to 'on or before January 1, 2027,' aligning the reporting trigger with the actual deadline for compliance.

TECHNICAL

Header and formatting changes reflecting the bill's final enrolled status: removal of amendment history lines, addition of passage dates (Assembly August 26, 2026; Senate August 25, 2026), addition of Governor's approval block, and cleanup of amendment markup throughout the statutory text.

05/18/26 - Amended Assembly → 08/20/26 - Amended Senate · 2 edits · Aug 20, 2026

MINOR

The Senate amendment removed the provision that would have required the State Office of Emergency Management to include 911 call processing updates in its periodic review of technical and operational standards (amending Government Code Section 53114.2). It also extended the compliance deadline from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, giving public safety agencies an additional year before they trigger the reporting requirement for not yet providing prearrival medical instructions to 911 callers.

SCOPE

The entire amendment to Government Code Section 53114.2 was deleted. This had required the State Office of Emergency Management, as part of its biennial review and update of technical and operational standards for public agency systems, to include updates to 911 call processing services that provide prearrival medical instructions. The bill now only amends Health and Safety Code Section 1797.161.

TIMELINE

The date by which a public safety agency must have been providing prearrival medical instructions before triggering the compliance reporting requirement was changed from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Agencies that were not providing such instructions as of that date must report their compliance status to their local EMS agency by January 31, 2027.

04/16/26 - Amended Assembly → 05/18/26 - Amended Assembly · 8 edits · May 18, 2026

MODERATE

AB 2041 was substantially restructured to move the core requirement from a Government Code standards-review provision into Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code, where it now directly mandates that public safety agencies providing 911 call processing for emergency medical response must deliver prearrival medical instructions covering six specific topics (airway/choking, AED/CPR, childbirth, bleeding control, epinephrine, and naloxone) by January 1, 2027. The amendment also adds a compliance reporting deadline of January 31, 2027 for agencies that were not already providing such instructions as of January 1, 2026, and includes several clarifying exemptions and savings clauses.

REQUIREMENT

Public safety agencies providing 911 call processing for emergency medical response must provide prearrival medical instructions to callers by January 1, 2027, covering at minimum: airway/choking (infants, children, adults), AED and CPR (children and adults), childbirth, bleeding control/hemorrhage, epinephrine auto-injector for anaphylaxis, and naloxone for narcotics overdoses.

Prearrival medical instructions must be approved by the local EMS agency medical director and implemented consistent with the public safety agency's medical protocols.

TIMELINE

Agencies not providing prearrival instructions on or before January 1, 2026 must report their compliance status to their local EMS agency by January 31, 2027.

ELIGIBILITY

Agencies may satisfy the requirement by contracting with another public safety agency that already provides prearrival medical instructions.

SCOPE

Agencies already providing prearrival medical instructions through emergency medical dispatch or other means, approved by the local EMS medical director, are exempt from having to update their policies.

The primary amendment target shifted from Section 53114.2 of the Government Code (standards review) to Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code (direct operational mandate), with the Government Code provision retained as a secondary section.

DEFINITION

Dispatching peace officers to an emergency scene does not constitute 'call processing services for emergency medical response' under this section, even if those officers administer first aid or CPR.

TECHNICAL

Savings clause preserving existing authority to adopt guidelines or regulations for emergency medical dispatch, including dispatcher training, under Sections 1797.103 and 1797.107.

03/16/26 - Amended Assembly → 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly · 3 edits · Apr 16, 2026

MINOR

AB 2041 was narrowed by removing a nonsubstantive amendment to the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act (Section 63000) and by adding an explicit limitation on the office's authority over prearrival medical instructions. The new subdivision (b)(2) clarifies that while the office must update technical and operational standards for 911 call processing, it cannot set training standards or dictate the content of prearrival medical instructions given to callers. The fiscal committee vote also changed from no to yes.

SCOPE

The entire amendment to Section 63000 of the Government Code (Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act findings and declarations) was removed from the bill, narrowing its scope to only emergency medical services.

REQUIREMENT

New subdivision (b)(2) explicitly states that the office does not have authority to determine training standards for, or the content of, prearrival medical instructions provided by public safety agencies under Section 1797.161 of the Health and Safety Code.

FISCAL

The fiscal committee vote changed from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now has fiscal committee approval.

02/17/26 - Introduced → 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly · 3 edits · Mar 16, 2026

MINOR

AB 2041 was substantially expanded from a narrow nonsubstantive amendment to the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank Act into a bill that also adds a new requirement for the Office of Emergency Services. The amended bill now requires the office to include updates to 911 call processing services (specifically prearrival medical instructions) when it reviews and updates technical and operational standards for public agency systems. This ties into an existing deadline requiring 911 agencies to provide prearrival medical instructions by January 1, 2027.

Scope change

The bill expanded from a single-topic nonsubstantive amendment to economic development law into a dual-purpose bill that also addresses emergency medical services, specifically mandating that 911 prearrival medical instruction standards be incorporated into periodic state-wide technical and operational standards reviews.

REQUIREMENT

New provision amending Government Code Section 53114.2 requires the Office of Emergency Services to include updates to 911 call processing services for emergency medical response (prearrival medical instructions under Health and Safety Code Section 1797.161) when reviewing and updating technical and operational standards for public agency systems every even-numbered year.

SCOPE

The bill's scope expanded from solely amending Government Code Section 63000 (economic development findings and declarations) to also amending Government Code Section 53114.2 (emergency medical services standards).

TECHNICAL

Fiscal committee review changed from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now has fiscal implications requiring committee analysis.

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