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CA SB 345

enacted

California Fire Service Training and Education Program: California Fire and Arson Training Act: fees.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 345 pass?

Yes. CA SB 345 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 345 about?

Existing law establishes the California Fire Service Training and Education Program in the office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, to carry out the management of the program. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, which requires the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and make recommendations related to minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire personnel instructors, develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training, and promote the California Fire Academy System, as provided. This bill would instead authorize the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect the admission fees and other fees associated with the California Fire Service Training and Education Program, and to establish the fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, only to the extent that state appropriations and other funding sources are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of the activities eligible to be paid from those fees.

Who sponsors CA SB 345?

Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 345.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Fire Service Training and Education Program in the office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice from the State Board of Fire Services, to carry out the management of the program. Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and collect admission fees and other fees that may be necessary to be charged for seminars, conferences, and specialized training given, as provided. Existing law also authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, which requires the State Fire Marshal to, among other things, establish and make recommendations related to minimum standards for fire protection personnel and fire personnel instructors, develop course curricula for arson, fire technology, and apprenticeship training, and promote the California Fire Academy System, as provided. This bill would instead authorize the State Fire Marshal to establish and collect the admission fees and other fees associated with the California Fire Service Training and Education Program, and to establish the fees to implement the California Fire and Arson Training Act, only to the extent that state appropriations and other funding sources are insufficient to cover the necessary costs of the activities eligible to be paid from those fees.

Introduced
2025-02-12
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hurtadoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2990.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  7. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-07-16

    July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  9. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  10. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  12. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1325.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  13. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  14. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  15. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1197.) (May 23).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  17. 2025-04-07

    April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  18. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  19. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-03

    Set for hearing March 25.

  21. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.

  23. 2025-02-12

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • Special Consent

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-30 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
  • Do pass.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
  • SB 345 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Irwin

    2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Nguyen: other

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