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Bill	San Diego-Coronado Bridge: physical suicide deterrent system.	Existing law provides funding for the development, construction, and maintenance of the state's bridges and highways and requires that a project study report be prepared for any new project involving the construction of a new bridge, or the replacement of a bridge with a history of documented suicides, that demonstrates that a suicide barrier was a feature that was considered during the project's planning process.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 656	California SB 656 (20192020)	bill	San Diego-Coronado Bridge: physical suicide deterrent system.	enacted	Hueso	8	35	6	2019-02-22	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/7d320e7b-a265-4fa6-a5a5-e9b6072eaf61	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB656	7149aa1e62253cc61248392757198d2ca81986c2bc75c6e017410f55158719e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 656 (20192020) — San Diego-Coronado Bridge: physical suicide deterrent system.

Existing law provides funding for the development, construction, and maintenance of the state's bridges and highways and requires that a project study report be prepared for any new project involving the construction of a new bridge, or the replacement of a bridge with a history of documented suicides, that demonstrates that a suicide barrier was a feature that was considered during the project's planning process.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/24/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB656 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB656 Hueso et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 656 Hueso Third Reading Urgency By Gloria — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 7.
• 2019-05-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 983.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-16 From consent calendar on motion of Senator Hueso.
• 2019-05-16 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-05-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 Ordered to second reading.
• 2019-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1363.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-21 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-08-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-26 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2019-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3258.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 651, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d320e7b-a265-4fa6-a5a5-e9b6072eaf61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).