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Bill Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management. Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in accordance with policies established by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, to assist local governments in preventing future high-intensity wildland fires and instituting appropriate fuels management by making its wildland fire prevention and vegetation management expertise available to local governments, as provided. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 653 California SB 653 (20252026)
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California SB 653 (20252026) — Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.

Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in accordance with policies established by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, to assist local governments in preventing future high-intensity wildland fires and instituting appropriate fuels management by making its wildland fire prevention and vegetation management expertise available to local governments, as provided.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. SB653 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 130 (pass) · lower
  • SB 653 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — 711 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB653 Cortese et al. Concurrence — 370 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Cortese — primary (person)
  • Kalra — coauthor (person)
  • Pellerin — coauthor (person)
  • Richardson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
  • 2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-24 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
  • 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
  • 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 22.
  • 2025-04-10 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
  • 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
  • 2025-05-05 May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1338.) 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 NAT. RES. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2025-07-09 July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-08-29 Coauthors revised.
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2870.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2606.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 778, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f367ba80-7c10-4fa8-9b75-5b9c028d8ce2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).