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Bill	Dwelling safety: carbon monoxide and smoke detectors.	(1) Existing law provides that, subject to exceptions, a smoke detector, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal, as specified, shall be installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in each dwelling intended for human occupancy. Existing law requires the owner of each dwelling unit subject to these requirements to supply and install smoke detectors in the locations and in the manner set forth in the manufacturer's instructions, as approved by the State Fire Marshal's regulations, and further requires, in the case of apartment complexes and other multiple-dwelling complexes, that a smoke detector shall be installed in the common stairwells. Existing law requires, for all dwelling units intended for human occupancy, upon the owner's application on or after January 1, 1985, for a permit for alterations, repairs, or additions, exceeding $1,000, that a smoke detector be installed. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations exempting dwellings intended for human occupancy with fire sprinkler systems from these provisions, as specified. Existing law requires the owners of hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment complexes, and other multiple-dwelling complexes to test and maintain smoke detectors, as specified. Existing law provides that a violation of any of these provisions is an infraction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1394	California SB 1394 (20112012)	bill	Dwelling safety: carbon monoxide and smoke detectors.	enacted	Lowenthal	9	30	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c3ea2559-5e9e-4c6a-944c-23f3e403c487	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1394	5d461aefcbd7d0116b0c0f614717b4aa2c196056cb9d4913057cb9ba5fb2735e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1394 (20112012) — Dwelling safety: carbon monoxide and smoke detectors.

(1) Existing law provides that, subject to exceptions, a smoke detector, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal, as specified, shall be installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in each dwelling intended for human occupancy. Existing law requires the owner of each dwelling unit subject to these requirements to supply and install smoke detectors in the locations and in the manner set forth in the manufacturer's instructions, as approved by the State Fire Marshal's regulations, and further requires, in the case of apartment complexes and other multiple-dwelling complexes, that a smoke detector shall be installed in the common stairwells. Existing law requires, for all dwelling units intended for human occupancy, upon the owner's application on or after January 1, 1985, for a permit for alterations, repairs, or additions, exceeding $1,000, that a smoke detector be installed. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations exempting dwellings intended for human occupancy with fire sprinkler systems from these provisions, as specified. Existing law requires the owners of hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment complexes, and other multiple-dwelling complexes to test and maintain smoke detectors, as specified. Existing law provides that a violation of any of these provisions is an infraction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/11/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/21/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1394 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1394 Lowenthal Senate Third Reading By TORRES — 69–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1394 Lowenthal Concurrence — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 32–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2012-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2012-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2012-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3211.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 3556.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time and amended. (Page 6201.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 6443.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5011.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 420, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3ea2559-5e9e-4c6a-944c-23f3e403c487. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).