republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-978.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts."
description: "Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, is administered by the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law requires a state agency, upon request of the Director of Emergency Services and to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, to render services and perform duties within its area of responsibility when considered necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of a disaster assistance program that includes specific project eligibility requirements, a procedure for local governments to request the implementation of programs, and a method for evaluating these requests by the Office of Emergency Services. Regulations of the Office of Emergency Services make debris removal from publicly and privately owned lands and waters, undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor, eligible for state financial assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 978"
citation: "California SB 978 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31c33913-58de-472d-98c0-9488deb3b1da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978"
source_hash: "a86163f58445d60640e47b07950ea28470b71ff214f246e1196980be49671995"
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 978 (20212022) — Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery: wildfire debris cleanup and removal: contracts.

Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, is administered by the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law requires a state agency, upon request of the Director of Emergency Services and to the extent that funds are allocated therefor, to render services and perform duties within its area of responsibility when considered necessary to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law requires the Director of Emergency Services to adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of a disaster assistance program that includes specific project eligibility requirements, a procedure for local governments to request the implementation of programs, and a method for evaluating these requests by the Office of Emergency Services. Regulations of the Office of Emergency Services make debris removal from publicly and privately owned lands and waters, undertaken in response to a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor, eligible for state financial assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978&version=20210SB97899INT)
2. **03/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978&version=20210SB97898AMD)
3. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978&version=20210SB97897AMD)
4. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978&version=20210SB97895CHP)
5. **SB978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB978&version=20210SB97896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 978 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB978 McGuire Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-11** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** 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`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2022-04-13** April 25 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3541.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3778.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3917.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5327.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31c33913-58de-472d-98c0-9488deb3b1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).