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type: "Bill"
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title: "Railroad crossings: permit applications: review."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has the exclusive power to, among other things, determine and prescribe the manner and the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use, and protection of railroad crossings. Existing law prohibits the construction of a public road, highway, or street across the track of any railroad corporation at grade and other specified actions with regard to railroad crossings without the permission of the commission."
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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 544"
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citation: "California SB 544 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Railroadcrossings", "permitapplications", "review"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dbb406e-9f88-43d0-a2d0-cc6ebadd041b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544"
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source_hash: "8c9271e59b80370ba86e49c1304f7835a976b2810f4a9509bf32f16fdd89b962"
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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 544 (20252026) — Railroad crossings: permit applications: review.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has the exclusive power to, among other things, determine and prescribe the manner and the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use, and protection of railroad crossings. Existing law prohibits the construction of a public road, highway, or street across the track of any railroad corporation at grade and other specified actions with regard to railroad crossings without the permission of the commission.
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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. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544&version=20250SB54499INT)
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2. **07/14/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544&version=20250SB54498AMD)
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3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544&version=20250SB54496CHP)
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4. **SB544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544)
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5. **09/04/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB544&version=20250SB54497ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- SB 544 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB544 Laird Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Laird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Set for hearing March 24.
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- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 512.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
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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 postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-22** Set for hearing April 28.
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- **2025-04-28** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 984.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on U. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** June 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2409.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 224, 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/3dbb406e-9f88-43d0-a2d0-cc6ebadd041b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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