California Senate Bill 326

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Vetoed on October 11 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-02 - Veto sustained.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An act to add Sections 51182.1 and 51182.2 to, and to add Part 7.4 (commencing with Section 15480) to Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 13108.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 4124, 4124.5, and 4291 of the Public Resources Code, relating to wildfire safety.

Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.

Sen. Josh Becker [D]

Sen. John Laird [D]

Sen. Henry Stern [D]

Asm. Gail Pellerin [D]

2025-09-13 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB326 Becker et al. Concurrence (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-09-12 - Assembly - SB 326 Becker Senate Third Reading By Bryan (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-09-12 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB326 Becker et al. Concurrence (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-07-07 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-30 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-06-03 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB326 Becker et al (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-05 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-25 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-02	Senate	Veto sustained.
2026-03-02	Senate	Stricken from file.
2025-10-11	Senate	In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-11	Senate	Vetoed by the Governor.
2025-09-23		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-13	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3032.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-13	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3412.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-04	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2025-09-03	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20	Assembly	August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-09	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-08	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7).
2025-07-01	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-07-01	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
2025-06-23	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2025-06-09	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on E.M and NAT. RES.
2025-06-04	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-03	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1455.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-29	Senate	Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-29	Senate	From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Becker.
2025-05-27	Senate	Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1196.) (May 23).
2025-05-16	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-05	Senate	May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-25	Senate	Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-04	Senate	Set for hearing April 22.
2025-03-25	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-03-03	Senate	Set for hearing March 25.
2025-02-19	Senate	Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W.
2025-02-12	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
2025-02-11	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	51182.1	New Code	See Bill Text
Government Code	51182.2	New Code	See Bill Text
Health and Safety Code	13108.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Public Resources Code	4124	Amended Code	Citation Text
Public Resources Code	4124.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Public Resources Code	4291	Amended Code	Citation Text

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