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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 78"
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citation: "California SB 78 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DepartmentofTransportation", "report", "safetyenhancements", "statehighwaysystem"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-15"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78"
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source_hash: "7f2fd09df3f0806040558e886af28069e9cc5d3017c730a078c0433d5924d8e9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 78 (20252026) — Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.
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Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7899INT)
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2. **04/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7898AMD)
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3. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7897AMD)
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4. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7895CHP)
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5. **SB78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78)
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6. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB78&version=20250SB7896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 78 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent SB78 Seyarto et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Seyarto — primary (person)
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- Patterson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a162c5a6-4ebe-4560-a740-d810e32f2ba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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