California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 438 — Earthquake safety: statewide earthquake early warning program and system.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 803, Statutes of 2016.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) The California Emergency Services Act requires the Office of Emergency Services, among other things, to develop in collaboration with specified entities a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California through a public-private partnership, as specified. The act requires the office to identify funding for the system through single or multiple sources of revenue, and requires those sources to exclude the General Fund and to be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. Under the act, the requirement that the office develop the system is not operative until funding is identified, and is repealed if funding is not identified by July 1, 2016. The act establishes the California Earthquake Safety Fund in the State Treasury to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the statewide earthquake early warning system. This bill would discontinue the requirement that the funding sources for the system exclude the General Fund and be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. The bill would delete the provisions providing for the repeal and the contingent operation of the requirement that the office develop the system. This bill would establish, within the office, the California Earthquake Early Warning Program and the California Earthquake Early Warning Advisory Board to support the development of the statewide earthquake early warning system, as specified. The bill would require the board to include 7 voting members, as specified, and the Chancellor of the California State University, or his or her designee, who would serve as a nonvoting member. The bill would authorize the President of the University of California, or his or her designee, to serve as an additional nonvoting member of the board. The bill would require all members to serve without compensation, but would require reimbursement for actual and reasonable travel and meal expenses to attend board meetings. The bill would require the board to comply with existing state open meeting and public record disclosure laws and would prohibit the disclosure of any information in a public record that is a trade secret, as defined, of a private entity cooperating with the board or participating in the statewide earthquake early warning system or the program. The bill would make legislative findings in support of its provisions. (2) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 803, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5474.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5436.)

  6. Set for hearing August 25.

  7. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

  9. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6014.) Ordered to the Senate.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3).

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. June 22 hearing postponed by committee.

  17. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  18. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  19. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  21. July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  24. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  25. June 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  27. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.

  28. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  29. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 929.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  30. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  31. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  32. Set for hearing May 4.

  33. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  34. Set for hearing April 21.

  35. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 526.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  36. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  37. Set for hearing April 7.

  38. Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD.

  39. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.

  40. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Anderson · Cosponsor
  • Beall · Cosponsor
  • Gray · Cosponsor
  • Cannella · Cosponsor
  • Dodd · Cosponsor
  • Gatto · Cosponsor
  • Hadley · Cosponsor
  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Hill · Primary
  • Kim · Cosponsor
  • Mullin · Cosponsor
  • Rodriguez · Cosponsor
  • Wilk · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 108 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hill

Co-sponsors (13)

  • Anderson
  • Beall
  • Gray
  • Cannella
  • Dodd
  • Gatto
  • Hadley
  • Hertzberg
  • Kim
  • Mullin
  • Rodriguez
  • Wilk
  • Allen, Benjamin Democratic

Not signed on (108)

108 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB438 Hill Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Democratic 3000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Lara — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hall — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 438 Hill Senate Third Reading By GRAY

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 20000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Holden — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18000
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 20001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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3rd Reading

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34002
Democratic 3000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 438 do?
(1) The California Emergency Services Act requires the Office of Emergency Services, among other things, to develop in collaboration with specified entities a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California through a public-private partnership, as specified. The act requires the office to identify funding for the system through single or multiple sources of revenue, and requires those sources to exclude the General Fund and to be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. Under the act, the requirement that the office develop the system is not operative until funding is identified, and is repealed if funding is not identified by July 1, 2016. The act establishes the California Earthquake Safety Fund in the State Treasury to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the statewide earthquake early warning system. This bill would discontinue the requirement that the funding sources for the system exclude the General Fund and be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. The bill would delete the provisions providing for the repeal and the contingent operation of the requirement that the office develop the system. This bill would establish, within the office, the California Earthquake Early Warning Program and the California Earthquake Early Warning Advisory Board to support the development of the statewide earthquake early warning system, as specified. The bill would require the board to include 7 voting members, as specified, and the Chancellor of the California State University, or his or her designee, who would serve as a nonvoting member. The bill would authorize the President of the University of California, or his or her designee, to serve as an additional nonvoting member of the board. The bill would require all members to serve without compensation, but would require reimbursement for actual and reasonable travel and meal expenses to attend board meetings. The bill would require the board to comply with existing state open meeting and public record disclosure laws and would prohibit the disclosure of any information in a public record that is a trade secret, as defined, of a private entity cooperating with the board or participating in the statewide earthquake early warning system or the program. The bill would make legislative findings in support of its provisions. (2) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Who sponsors SB 438?
SB 438 is sponsored by Anderson, Beall, Gray, Cannella, Dodd, Gatto, Hadley, Hertzberg, Hill, Kim, Mullin, Rodriguez, Wilk, and Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 438?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.
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