California Senate Bill 616

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: Vetoed on October 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-02 - Veto sustained.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An act to add Section 8654.11 to, and to add Chapter 16.5 (commencing with Section 8899.80) to Division 1 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to state government.

Community Hardening Commission: wildfire mitigation program.

Sen. Dave Cortese [D]	Sen. Susan Rubio [D]	Sen. Henry Stern [D]	Sen. Sabrina Cervantes [D]
Sen. Lena Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Melissa Hurtado [D]	Sen. Sasha Renee Perez [D]	Sen. Eloise Reyes [D]
Sen. Laura Richardson [D]	Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas [D]	Sen. Tom Umberg [D]	Sen. Scott Wiener [D]
Sen. John Laird [D]

2025-09-13 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-09-13 - Assembly - SB 616 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry (Y: 66 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2025-09-12 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-07-16 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-07-14 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-03 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB616 Rubio 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: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-09 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-02	Senate	Veto sustained.
2026-03-02	Senate	Stricken from file.
2025-10-13	Senate	In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13	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 34. Noes 0. Page 3062.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-13	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 3482.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-13	Assembly	Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-05	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2025-09-05	Assembly	Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-02	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20	Assembly	August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-15	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on INS.
2025-07-10	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2025-07-03	Assembly	Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2025-06-09	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on E.M and INS.
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.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1207.) (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 13. Noes 0. Page 836.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-09	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 738.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-03-26	Senate	Set for hearing April 9.
2025-03-05	Senate	Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD.
2025-02-21	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	8654.11	New Code	See Bill Text

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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB616#96ENR
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB616