California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 494 — Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 799, Statutes of 2015.

  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 26, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. Existing law requires, subject to the identification of funding by January 1, 2016, various entities, including the Office of Emergency Services, through a public-private partnership, to develop a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California that includes certain features, including the installation of field sensors. Existing law repeals this early warning system requirement on January 1, 2016, if the funding is not identified. It also requires the office to file with the Secretary of State a determination that funding was not identified by January 1, 2016. This bill would instead require the identification of funding for the earthquake early warning system to occur by July 1, 2016, and would make conforming changes. This bill would create the California Earthquake Safety Fund and would require moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the earthquake early warning system described above. The bill would authorize the fund to accept federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources for purposes of carrying out its provisions, and would make conforming changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 799, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2667.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2950.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19).

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. Referred to Com. on G.O.

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  19. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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

  21. Set for hearing May 18.

  22. May 11 hearing postponed by committee.

  23. Set for hearing May 11.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  26. Set for hearing April 28.

  27. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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

  29. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  30. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.

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

Sponsors

  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Hill · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hill

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Hertzberg

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB494 Hill Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

SB 494 Hill Senate Third Reading By COOLEY

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — 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

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17003
Democratic 1000
Total 18003
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35001
Democratic 3000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6004
Democratic 1000
Total 7004
% of votes cast 64%0%0%36%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Vidak — Not Voting
Galgiani — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety environment
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 494 do?
Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. Existing law requires, subject to the identification of funding by January 1, 2016, various entities, including the Office of Emergency Services, through a public-private partnership, to develop a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California that includes certain features, including the installation of field sensors. Existing law repeals this early warning system requirement on January 1, 2016, if the funding is not identified. It also requires the office to file with the Secretary of State a determination that funding was not identified by January 1, 2016. This bill would instead require the identification of funding for the earthquake early warning system to occur by July 1, 2016, and would make conforming changes. This bill would create the California Earthquake Safety Fund and would require moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be used for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the earthquake early warning system described above. The bill would authorize the fund to accept federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources for purposes of carrying out its provisions, and would make conforming changes.
Who sponsors SB 494?
SB 494 is sponsored by Hertzberg and Hill.
What is the current status of SB 494?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 494?
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