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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 494"
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citation: "California SB 494 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/215dcee5-8483-4071-8579-79f31c69b04e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494"
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source_hash: "5841e04938c2f552695c0bfa908b95d4bdc6ecc6fe213261617ef7617d96b456"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 494 (20152016) — Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.
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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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49499INT)
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2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49498AMD)
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3. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49497AMD)
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4. **05/13/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49496AMD)
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5. **09/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49495AMD)
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6. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49493CHP)
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7. **SB494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494)
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8. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB494&version=20150SB49494ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 494 Hill Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB494 Hill Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 28.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
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- **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-07-08** July 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
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- **2015-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-09-03** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2950.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2667.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
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- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 799, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/215dcee5-8483-4071-8579-79f31c69b04e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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