republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-345.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Fire Service Training and Education Program: California Fire and Arson Training Act: fees."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Fire Service Training and Education Program in the office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, to carry out the management of the program. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, which requires the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and make recommendations related to minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire personnel instructors, develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training, and promote the California Fire Academy System, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "California SB 345 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CaliforniaFireServiceTrainingandEducationProgram", "CaliforniaFireandArsonTrainingAct", "fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurtado"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32358e35-f1ba-4053-8982-a072f1819876"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB345"
source_hash: "f132dba26728026a183c2b70a39e3087b6a6c8a563e2b560cd8a6c7a92adcf1a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 345 (20252026) — California Fire Service Training and Education Program: California Fire and Arson Training Act: fees.

Existing law establishes the California Fire Service Training and Education Program in the office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, to carry out the management of the program. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, which requires the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and make recommendations related to minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire personnel instructors, develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training, and promote the California Fire Academy System, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB345&version=20250SB34599INT)
2. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB345&version=20250SB34597CHP)
3. **SB345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB345)
4. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB345&version=20250SB34598ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 345 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Irwin — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurtado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2025-04-07** April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1197.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1325.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on E.M. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2990.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32358e35-f1ba-4053-8982-a072f1819876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).