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type: "Bill"
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title: "Geologic hazards: California Geological Survey."
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description: "Existing law establishes the California Geological Survey in the Department of Conservation, the Director of Conservation, the State Geologist, and the State Mining and Geology Board and sets forth the duties of these entities in connection with the mineral resources, mineral industries, and geology of the state, including assessments of geologic hazards. Existing law makes the department the primary state agency responsible for review and investigation of geologic hazards, including, but not limited to, the strong motion aspects of earthquake and any geologic hazards that may occur in relation to natural disasters."
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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 831"
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citation: "California SB 831 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CaliforniaGeologicalSurvey", "Geologichazards"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff7abbd-56d6-4ac0-87af-0accebb14159"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB831"
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source_hash: "301705bee205c28e30e5d11140c88198edfddf9eae4ea378e179054563f78416"
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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 831 (20252026) — Geologic hazards: California Geological Survey.
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Existing law establishes the California Geological Survey in the Department of Conservation, the Director of Conservation, the State Geologist, and the State Mining and Geology Board and sets forth the duties of these entities in connection with the mineral resources, mineral industries, and geology of the state, including assessments of geologic hazards. Existing law makes the department the primary state agency responsible for review and investigation of geologic hazards, including, but not limited to, the strong motion aspects of earthquake and any geologic hazards that may occur in relation to natural disasters.
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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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB831&version=20250SB83199INT)
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2. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB831&version=20250SB83197CHP)
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3. **SB831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB831)
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4. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB831&version=20250SB83198ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 831 Limón Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi — **65–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Limón — primary (person)
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- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1403.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 2. Page 2904.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-09-10** 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 236, 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/cff7abbd-56d6-4ac0-87af-0accebb14159`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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