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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Land use: general plan: safety element."
+description: "The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic hazards, flooding, and wildland and urban fires."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "SB 379"
+citation: "California SB 379 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Land use: general plan: safety element."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2015-02-24"
+last_action: "2015-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f485d8-bc2b-4687-8305-818949707300"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379"
+source_hash: "6b36fef147930c08d2bb9baf946675b16ef8e1fed5974a21294761a0570980d0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 379 (20152016) — Land use: general plan: safety element.
+
+The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from unreasonable risks associated with the effects of various geologic hazards, flooding, and wildland and urban fires.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37999INT)
+2. **04/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37998AMD)
+3. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37997AMD)
+4. **06/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37996AMD)
+5. **06/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37995AMD)
+6. **07/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37994AMD)
+7. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37992CHP)
+8. **SB379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379)
+9. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379&version=20150SB37993ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- SB 379 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **55–25** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB379 Jackson Concurrence — **25–15** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **23–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
+- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 15.
+- **2015-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 618.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 29.
+- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 858.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
+- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-01** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 1287.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 25. Page 2683.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 15. Page 2369.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
+- **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 608, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46f485d8-bc2b-4687-8305-818949707300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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