Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.
Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. Existing law requires, subject to the identification of funding by January 1, 2016, various entities, including the Office of Emergency Services, through a public-private partnership, to develop a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California that includes certain features, including the installation of field sensors. Existing law repeals this early warning system requirement on January 1, 2016, if the funding is not identified. It also requires the office to file with the Secretary of State a determination that funding was not identified by January 1, 2016.
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SB 494
California SB 494 (20152016)
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Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.
California SB 494 (20152016) — Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.
Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. Existing law requires, subject to the identification of funding by January 1, 2016, various entities, including the Office of Emergency Services, through a public-private partnership, to develop a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in California that includes certain features, including the installation of field sensors. Existing law repeals this early warning system requirement on January 1, 2016, if the funding is not identified. It also requires the office to file with the Secretary of State a determination that funding was not identified by January 1, 2016.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
SB 494 Hill Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB494 Hill Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-04-22 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
2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
2015-05-11 May 11 hearing postponed by committee.
2015-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-13 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
2015-05-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2015-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2015-07-08 July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
2015-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2950.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2667.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 799, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/215dcee5-8483-4071-8579-79f31c69b04e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).