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Bill	Excavations: subsurface installations.	Existing law, the Dig Safe Act of 2016, creates the California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board within the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The act subjects the board to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 865	California SB 865 (20192020)	bill	Excavations: subsurface installations.	enacted	Hill	8	27	7	2020-01-17	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f17209a3-427e-40a5-8a50-10470432ba93	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB865	ecde7bb4015a880039bbaafd94f055b7dc2fb60c77c8099a0cea2d015dc0df2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 865 (20192020) — Excavations: subsurface installations.

Existing law, the Dig Safe Act of 2016, creates the California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board within the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The act subjects the board to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 01/17/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/07/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB865 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 865 Hill Senate Third Reading By Holden — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB865 Hill Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 20.
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2020-05-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-05-08 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2020-05-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3525.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-03 Set for hearing June 9.
• 2020-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3663.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3839.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2020-06-29 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-07-29 July 29 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-18 August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-08-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2020-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 307, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f17209a3-427e-40a5-8a50-10470432ba93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).