--- 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).