Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts.
Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, is administered by the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law requires a state agency, upon request of the Director of Emergency Services and to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, to render services and perform duties within its area of responsibility when considered necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of a disaster assistance program that includes specific project eligibility requirements, a procedure for local governments to request the implementation of programs, and a method for evaluating these requests by the Office of Emergency Services. Regulations of the Office of Emergency Services make debris removal from publicly and privately owned lands and waters, undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor, eligible for state financial assistance.
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SB 978
California SB 978 (20212022)
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Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts.
California SB 978 (20212022) — Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts.
Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, is administered by the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law requires a state agency, upon request of the Director of Emergency Services and to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, to render services and perform duties within its area of responsibility when considered necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of a disaster assistance program that includes specific project eligibility requirements, a procedure for local governments to request the implementation of programs, and a method for evaluating these requests by the Office of Emergency Services. Regulations of the Office of Emergency Services make debris removal from publicly and privately owned lands and waters, undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor, eligible for state financial assistance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
SB 978 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB978 McGuire Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-10 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-11 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-03-31 Set for hearing April 25.
2022-04-13 April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 27.
2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3541.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3778.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3917.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5327.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31c33913-58de-472d-98c0-9488deb3b1da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).