republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1079.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forest resources: fire prevention grants: advance payments."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to provide grants to entities, including, but not limited to, private or nongovernmental entities, Native American tribes, or local, state, and federal public agencies, for the implementation and administration of projects and programs to improve forest health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Budget Act of 2017 appropriated moneys to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for purposes of, among other things, providing local assistance grants, grants to fire safe councils, and grants to qualified nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated ability to satisfactorily plan, implement, and complete a fire prevention project for these same purposes, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "California SB 1079 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forest resources: fire prevention grants: advance payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded772a6-841a-4a94-a73c-e222c0691cfa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079"
source_hash: "6584ffba1e484762a6506ee8fd3f7cae3d6a646d22831d74843ed1f81c20bcc3"
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 1079 (20172018) — Forest resources: fire prevention grants: advance payments.

Existing law authorizes the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to provide grants to entities, including, but not limited to, private or nongovernmental entities, Native American tribes, or local, state, and federal public agencies, for the implementation and administration of projects and programs to improve forest health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Budget Act of 2017 appropriated moneys to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for purposes of, among other things, providing local assistance grants, grants to fire safe councils, and grants to qualified nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated ability to satisfactorily plan, implement, and complete a fire prevention project for these same purposes, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107999INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107998AMD)
3. **04/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107997AMD)
4. **06/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107996AMD)
5. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107995AMD)
6. **08/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107994AMD)
7. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107992CHP)
8. **SB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079)
9. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1079&version=20170SB107993ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB1079 Monning et al. Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1079 Monning et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1079 Monning Third Reading Urgency By STONE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Morrell — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4787.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5014.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6401.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 622, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded772a6-841a-4a94-a73c-e222c0691cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).