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type: "Bill"
title: "Earthquake safety: statewide earthquake early warning program and system."
description: "(1) The California Emergency Services Act requires the Office of Emergency Services, among other things, to develop in collaboration with specified entities a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California through a public-private partnership, as specified. The act requires the office to identify funding for the system through single or multiple sources of revenue, and requires those sources to exclude the General Fund and to be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. Under the act, the requirement that the office develop the system is not operative until funding is identified, and is repealed if funding is not identified by July 1, 2016. The act establishes the California Earthquake Safety Fund in the State Treasury to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the statewide earthquake early warning system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "California SB 438 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Earthquake safety: statewide earthquake early warning program and system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4cacaea-6cd7-4915-8a13-87e8d637f3f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438"
source_hash: "e868557ee2fa5f69f256da713f932b776ec832b5f6ad11d2a736633d0acecc78"
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 438 (20152016) — Earthquake safety: statewide earthquake early warning program and system.
(1) The California Emergency Services Act requires the Office of Emergency Services, among other things, to develop in collaboration with specified entities a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California through a public-private partnership, as specified. The act requires the office to identify funding for the system through single or multiple sources of revenue, and requires those sources to exclude the General Fund and to be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources. Under the act, the requirement that the office develop the system is not operative until funding is identified, and is repealed if funding is not identified by July 1, 2016. The act establishes the California Earthquake Safety Fund in the State Treasury to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the statewide earthquake early warning system.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43899INT)
2. **02/22/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43894AMD)
3. **03/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43893AMD)
4. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43898AMD)
5. **06/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43897AMD)
6. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43892AMD)
7. **06/29/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43896AMD)
8. **06/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43891AMD)
9. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43890AMD)
10. **09/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43895AMD)
11. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43888CHP)
12. **SB438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438)
13. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB438&version=20150SB43889ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB438 Hill Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 438 Hill Senate Third Reading By GRAY — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
- Hadley — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — author (person)
- Kim — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 526.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 929.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-17** June 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-09-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** June 22 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6014.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5326.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Set for hearing August 25.
- **2016-08-25** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5436.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5474.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 803, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4cacaea-6cd7-4915-8a13-87e8d637f3f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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