California Senate Bill 1079

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: Passed on September 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 774, Statutes of 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to add and repeal Article 4 (commencing with Section 785) of Chapter 2.5 of Division 1 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Fire Innovation Unit.

Sen. Henry Stern [D]	Sen. Benjamin Allen [D]	Sen. Josh Becker [D]	Asm. Steve Bennett [D]
Asm. Jacqui Irwin [D]	Asm. Cottie Petrie-Norris [D]	Asm. Chris Rogers [D]

2026-08-31 - Assembly - SB 1079 Stern Senate Third Reading By Connolly (Y: 78 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-08-31 - Senate - W/O REF. TO FILE SB1079 Stern (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-26 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-26 - Assembly - Amendments (Committee's) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-29 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-06-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-22 - Senate - Special Consent SB1079 Stern et al (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-11 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-07 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-09-29		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 774, Statutes of 2026.
2026-09-29		Approved by the Governor.
2026-09-10		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-31	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-31	Senate	Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2026-08-31	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-31	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7065.) Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-28	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-28	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-28	Assembly	Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 6819.)
2026-08-28	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-27	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-27	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
2026-08-25	Assembly	Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2026-08-24	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on E.M pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
2026-08-13	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-08-13	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05	Assembly	August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-30	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-06-01	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.
2026-05-22	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-22	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4418.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-20	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4264.) (May 14).
2026-05-12	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11	Senate	May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-04	Senate	Set for hearing May 11.
2026-04-28	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-27	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3972.) (April 21).
2026-04-10	Senate	Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-08	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3758.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-03-24	Senate	Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.M.
2026-02-17	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2026-02-13	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Resources Code	785	Repealed Code	Citation Text

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