republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-78.md

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Bill	Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.	Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 78	California SB 78 (20252026)	bill	DepartmentofTransportation report safetyenhancements statehighwaysystem	enacted	Seyarto	6	27	8	2025-01-15	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78	7f2fd09df3f0806040558e886af28069e9cc5d3017c730a078c0433d5924d8e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 78 (20252026) — Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB78 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 78 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB78 Seyarto et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Seyarto — primary (person)
• Patterson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 April 21 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 1191.) (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 1323.) 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 TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 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
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).