Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to declare a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. Existing law defines the term "state of emergency" and "local emergency" to mean a duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by, among other things, fire, storm, riot, or cyberterrorism.
This bill would additionally include an electromagnetic pulse attack among those conditions constituting a state of emergency or local emergency.

Statutes affected:
SB468: 8558 GOV
02/16/21 - Introduced: 8558 GOV
08/01/22 - Amended Assembly: 8558 GOV, 8558 GOV
08/18/22 - Enrolled: 8558 GOV
09/25/22 - Chaptered: 8558 GOV
SB 468: 8558 GOV