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Bill	Wildfires.	(1) Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the Governor, with the advice of the Office of Emergency Services, to divide the state into mutual aid regions for the more effective application, administration, and coordination of mutual aid and other emergency-related activities. Existing law authorizes the Office of Emergency Services to coordinate response and recovery operations in the mutual aid regions. The Budget Act of 2018 appropriated $99,376,000 to the Office of Emergency Services for purposes of local assistance. Of those funds, $25,000,000 was made available, pursuant to a schedule, for equipment and technology that improves the mutual aid system. Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) to administer various programs, including grant programs, relating to forest health and wildfire protection.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 901	California SB 901 (20172018)	bill	Wildfires.	enacted	Dodd	10	43	9	2018-01-16	2018-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c2071c37-9583-42f0-bf2d-c2cdda97a70f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB901	a9dc834becf65c95f2330a3c3df2fb8e9b61f64c9589a61e43e6bc8c51d33b6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 901 (20172018) — Wildfires.

(1) Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, authorizes the Governor, with the advice of the Office of Emergency Services, to divide the state into mutual aid regions for the more effective application, administration, and coordination of mutual aid and other emergency-related activities. Existing law authorizes the Office of Emergency Services to coordinate response and recovery operations in the mutual aid regions. The Budget Act of 2018 appropriated $99,376,000 to the Office of Emergency Services for purposes of local assistance. Of those funds, $25,000,000 was made available, pursuant to a schedule, for equipment and technology that improves the mutual aid system. Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) to administer various programs, including grant programs, relating to forest health and wildfire protection.

Version chain

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

1. 01/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/07/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/18 - Proposed (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/21/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB901 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 901 Dodd Senate Third Reading By HOLDEN — 69–1 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB901 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 0–35 (fail) · upper
• Special Consent SB901 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 901 Dodd Conference Report By HOLDEN — 49–14 (pass) · lower
• Conference Report SB901 Dodd et al. — 29–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.
• 2018-01-24 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2018-03-12 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4717.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4299.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4451.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2018-06-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-02 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
• 2018-07-02 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-07-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-07-02 Assembly Rule 63 and 69 suspended.
• 2018-07-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 6099.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-07-05 Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 0. Noes 35. Page 5102.) amendment-failure, committee-failure
• 2018-07-05 Ordered to Conference Committee. referral-committee
• 2018-07-05 Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended in Senate.
• 2018-07-05 (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5102.)
• 2018-07-05 Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended in Assembly.
• 2018-07-05 (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 6099.)
• 2018-07-05 Senators Dodd (Co-chair), Cannella, Hueso, Jackson, and Stone appointed to Conference Committee.
• 2018-07-06 Assembly Members Holden (Co-chair), Dahle, Mayes, Reyes, and Wood appointed to Conference Committee.
• 2018-08-28 From Conference Committee: Be adopted. Ayes 7: Senators Dodd, Jackson, and Stone. Assembly Members Holden, Reyes, Dahle, and Wood. Noes 1: Senator Cannella.
• 2018-08-28 To print.
• 2018-08-29 From printer.
• 2018-08-31 Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 29. Noes 4.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-31 Assembly adopted Conference Committee report. committee-passage
• 2018-08-31 Ordered to enrgrossing and enrolling.
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2071c37-9583-42f0-bf2d-c2cdda97a70f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).