---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire safety: building standards: defensible space program."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a person, as defined, who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an occupied dwelling or occupied structure in, upon, or adjoining specified types of land areas within a very high fire hazard severity zone to maintain defensible space around the structure, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "California SB 190 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire safety: building standards: defensible space program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110bf65a-bf4a-41e6-b914-a6ada7475710"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190"
source_hash: "6c92d0e1bf147734912fe0a7653d666375ac7baf2f60f282e4d676f75e0c31c4"
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 190 (20192020) — Fire safety: building standards: defensible space program.

(1) Existing law requires a person, as defined, who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an occupied dwelling or occupied structure in, upon, or adjoining specified types of land areas within a very high fire hazard severity zone to maintain defensible space around the structure, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/30/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19099INT)
2. **03/05/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19098AMD)
3. **04/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19097AMD)
4. **04/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19096AMD)
5. **04/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19095AMD)
6. **06/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19094AMD)
7. **07/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19093AMD)
8. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19092AMD)
9. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19091AMD)
10. **10/02/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19089CHP)
11. **SB190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190)
12. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB190&version=20190SB19090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB190 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB190 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 190 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Wood — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Set for hearing March 12.
- **2019-03-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 332.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 622.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1092.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3332.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110bf65a-bf4a-41e6-b914-a6ada7475710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).