Bill Commons

CA SB 509

vetoed

Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 509 pass?

No. CA SB 509 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): Veto sustained.

What is CA SB 509 about?

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Specialized Training Institute within the Office of Emergency Services. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the Office of Emergency Services, through the California Specialized Training Institute, to develop a transnational repression recognition and response training, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 509?

Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 509, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Specialized Training Institute within the Office of Emergency Services. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the Office of Emergency Services, through the California Specialized Training Institute, to develop a transnational repression recognition and response training, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2026-03-02 — Veto sustained.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Caballeroauthor
  • Bainscoauthor
  • Soriacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-02

    Veto sustained.

  2. 2026-03-02

    Stricken from file.

  3. 2025-10-13

    In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  4. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by the Governor.

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  5. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  6. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2882.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  7. 2025-09-10

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2025-09-04

    Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  13. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  14. 2025-07-16

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-07-15

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14).

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  16. 2025-07-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  17. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

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  18. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1449.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  20. 2025-06-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended.

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  22. 2025-05-29

    Ordered to second reading.

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  23. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1202.) (May 23).

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  24. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  26. 2025-04-21

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  27. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 21.

  28. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  29. 2025-04-03

    Set for hearing April 8.

  30. 2025-04-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 611.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  31. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing April 1.

  32. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and G.O.

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  33. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  34. 2025-02-19

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

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 07/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-09Compare
  • 07/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-16Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • SB509Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]

    2025-04-01 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0

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

  • 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

  • 3rd Reading SB509 Caballero et al.

    2025-06-03 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: other
    • Hurtado: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-14 · pass · 5-0

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • SB 509 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Bains

    2025-09-10 · pass · 59-0

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

  • Unfinished Business SB509 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

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