republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-310.md

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Bill	Prescribed fire: civil liability: cultural burns.	Existing law provides that no person shall be liable for any fire suppression or other costs otherwise recoverable for a prescribed burn if specified conditions are met, including, among others, that a burn boss, as certified through a certification program developed by the State Fire Marshal, has reviewed and approved a written prescription for the burn, the burn complies with that written prescription, and either the landowner has provided written permission or the governing body of a Native American tribe has given approval, as provided. Existing law exempts cultural burns, as defined, conducted by a cultural fire practitioner, as defined, from those requirements that a person certified as a burn boss review and approve a written prescription and that the burn be conducted in compliance with the written prescription.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 310	California SB 310 (20232024)	bill	Prescribed fire civil liability cultural burns	enacted	Dodd	8	31	10	2023-02-06	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/fd37b497-a4ed-40ae-8e16-af0d012a00de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB310	66f6ae6ab294c8a074b57276f3d0190ee3d69b4e3d49e4ac7ea0cb41e7ada494	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 310 (20232024) — Prescribed fire: civil liability: cultural burns.

Existing law provides that no person shall be liable for any fire suppression or other costs otherwise recoverable for a prescribed burn if specified conditions are met, including, among others, that a burn boss, as certified through a certification program developed by the State Fire Marshal, has reviewed and approved a written prescription for the burn, the burn complies with that written prescription, and either the landowner has provided written permission or the governing body of a Native American tribe has given approval, as provided. Existing law exempts cultural burns, as defined, conducted by a cultural fire practitioner, as defined, from those requirements that a person certified as a burn boss review and approve a written prescription and that the burn be conducted in compliance with the written prescription.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB310 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB310 Dodd Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 310 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Wood — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
• 2023-02-15 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-03-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 657.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 892.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1164.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1355.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-15 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 September 1 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6522.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5603.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd37b497-a4ed-40ae-8e16-af0d012a00de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).