republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1075.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: civil cost recovery."
description: "Existing law requires a person who, among other things, negligently or in violation of the law sets a fire, allows a fire to be set, or allows a fire to escape onto any public or private property to be liable for fire suppression costs incurred in fighting the fire and for rescue or emergency medical services. Existing law authorizes public agencies participating in the fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services to designate one or more agencies to bring an action to recover the costs incurred by all the participating agencies. Among other things, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is responsible for providing fire protection and prevention. Existing law provides that the General Fund consists of moneys received into the Treasury and not required by law to be credited to any other fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1075"
citation: "California SB 1075 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: civil cost recovery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb430c08-139d-48b6-9f3c-e39e761ac327"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075"
source_hash: "e8a4e4306ca0b08edaab086dc24a87347e618ff77d6aa479b23f5625bdedb8cf"
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 1075 (20132014) — Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: civil cost recovery.

Existing law requires a person who, among other things, negligently or in violation of the law sets a fire, allows a fire to be set, or allows a fire to escape onto any public or private property to be liable for fire suppression costs incurred in fighting the fire and for rescue or emergency medical services. Existing law authorizes public agencies participating in the fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services to designate one or more agencies to bring an action to recover the costs incurred by all the participating agencies. Among other things, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is responsible for providing fire protection and prevention. Existing law provides that the General Fund consists of moneys received into the Treasury and not required by law to be credited to any other fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075&version=20130SB107599INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075&version=20130SB107598AMD)
3. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075&version=20130SB107596CHP)
4. **SB1075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075)
5. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1075&version=20130SB107597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1075 Knight Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-08** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3215.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3416.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5916.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-08-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb430c08-139d-48b6-9f3c-e39e761ac327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).