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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements."
+description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 78"
+citation: "California SB 78 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DepartmentofTransportation", "report", "safetyenhancements", "statehighwaysystem"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-10-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78"
+source_hash: "7f2fd09df3f0806040558e886af28069e9cc5d3017c730a078c0433d5924d8e9"
+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 78 (20252026) — Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.
+
+Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7899INT)
+2. **04/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7898AMD)
+3. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7897AMD)
+4. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7895CHP)
+5. **SB78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78)
+6. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 78 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Special Consent SB78 Seyarto et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Seyarto — primary (person)
+- Patterson — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
+- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
+- **2025-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
+- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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