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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 379	California SB 379 (20152016)	bill	Land use: general plan: safety element.	enacted	Jackson	9	29	7	2015-02-24	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/46f485d8-bc2b-4687-8305-818949707300	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379	6b36fef147930c08d2bb9baf946675b16ef8e1fed5974a21294761a0570980d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB379 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/46f485d8-bc2b-4687-8305-818949707300. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).