AB 591 — Summary (Assembly Bill No. 591 / BDR S-1228)
Status: Approved by the Governor — Chapter 58 (enrolled May 28, 2025)
This file contains materials from two different uses of the bill number AB 591. The bill as introduced in California (author: Caloza) addresses emergency mutual aid for public works; the enrolled and chaptered act is Nevada’s biennial appropriations/financial administration measure (Committee on Ways and Means). Both are summarized below.
A. Nevada — Enrolled Act (Chapter 58): State Financial Administration & 2025–2027 Appropriations
Purpose and intent
- Makes various changes relating to state financial administration and appropriates sums from the State General Fund (and State Highway Fund where applicable) to support the civil government of Nevada for the 2025–2027 biennium.
- Provides funding and authorizes use of appropriated money for state agencies, boards, commissions and programs.
Key provisions and amounts (representative examples)
- Appropriates amounts in Sections 2–34 for Fiscal Years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027. (The enrolled text includes detailed line‑item appropriations for many entities.)
- Examples of appropriations:
- Office of the Governor: $6,086,691 (2025–26) and $6,129,359 (2026–27)
- Office of the Secretary of State: $25,319,804 (2025–26) and $26,361,219 (2026–27)
- Department of Taxation: $49,606,489 (2025–26) and $50,752,402 (2026–27)
- Office of Early Learning and Development: $55,472,586 (2025–26)
- Nevada System of Higher Education — System Administration and System Computing Center: tens of millions appropriated (detailed in the enrolled text)
- Continues funding for numerous state functions (judicial, education, public works divisions, cultural affairs, economic development, etc.).
- Declares purposes and usage authority for each appropriation in the bill’s section structure.
Who is affected
- State agencies and programs receiving appropriations.
- The state budget and long‑range fiscal planning for the 2025–27 biennium.
- Local governments only insofar as state grants or program funding flows to them; fiscal note indicates appropriations are included in the executive budget.
Procedural/timeline highlights
- Referred to Ways & Means; passed both houses with unanimous or near‑unanimous votes.
- Enrolled and delivered to the Governor; approved and chaptered on May 28, 2025 (Chapter 58).
B. California — Introduced Version (Caloza): Emergency Services — Public Works Mutual Aid
Purpose
- Amendments to the California Emergency Services Act to explicitly recognize and facilitate mobilization of public works resources (personnel, equipment, materials) for disaster response and recovery.
Key provisions
- Amends Government Code §8615 to add that facilitating rendering of “public works resources critical for disaster response and recovery” is a legislative purpose.
- Amends §8616 to require that outside aid during a state of war emergency or state of emergency includes public works personnel, equipment, and materials, and that such aid be rendered under approved emergency plans.
- Adds §8619.2 requiring the Office of Emergency Services (OES), in consultation with relevant state and local public works agencies, to develop and adopt a Public Works Emergency Mutual Aid Plan to ensure systematic mobilization of public works resources.
- Declares that imposing these requirements on local public works agencies creates a state‑mandated local program and provides for potential reimbursement under the State Mandates law if the Commission on State Mandates determines costs are mandated.
Who is affected
- State Office of Emergency Services and state public works agencies.
- Local public works agencies and public officials (new planning and operational duties).
- Local agencies and school districts potentially eligible for reimbursement if mandated costs are found.
Procedural status (from included documents)
- Introduced Feb 12, 2025; referred to Assembly Emergency Management and Appropriations committees per the document trail. (The California version in the provided materials appears to be at committee/introduced stages and is distinct from the Nevada enrolled bill.)
If you want, I can:
- Extract and present the full list of appropriations (Sections 2–34) from the enrolled Nevada text as a table, or
- Produce a focused one‑page brief solely on the California mutual aid proposal (text-by-text analysis of §§8615, 8616, 8619.2 and mandate/reimbursement implications).
