Bill Commons

CA SB 695

enacted

Transportation: climate resiliency: projects of statewide and regional significance.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 695 pass?

Yes. CA SB 695 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 781, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 695 about?

Existing law establishes the State Transportation Infrastructure Climate Adaptation Program, administered by the Department of Transportation, for purposes of planning, developing, and implementing projects adapting state transportation infrastructure to climate change. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with, among others, the Transportation Agency and the California Transportation Commission, to develop a program of its top priority climate adaptation projects and to submit projects in this program to the commission for adoption. Existing law requires the department, in developing the program of projects, to consider specified criteria, including, but not limited to, the benefits of the project to preserving or enhancing regional or statewide mobility, economy, goods movement, and safety, and other benefits associated with protecting the asset. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission and the agency, and on or before July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to create a prioritized list of projects of statewide and regional significance, as defined, to better prepare the state for extreme weather-related events, with priority based on specified criteria. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Legislature a report containing the prioritized list of projects.

Who sponsors CA SB 695?

Cortese is the primary sponsor of CA SB 695, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law establishes the State Transportation Infrastructure Climate Adaptation Program, administered by the Department of Transportation, for purposes of planning, developing, and implementing projects adapting state transportation infrastructure to climate change. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with, among others, the Transportation Agency and the California Transportation Commission, to develop a program of its top priority climate adaptation projects and to submit projects in this program to the commission for adoption. Existing law requires the department, in developing the program of projects, to consider specified criteria, including, but not limited to, the benefits of the project to preserving or enhancing regional or statewide mobility, economy, goods movement, and safety, and other benefits associated with protecting the asset. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission and the agency, and on or before July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to create a prioritized list of projects of statewide and regional significance, as defined, to better prepare the state for extreme weather-related events, with priority based on specified criteria. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Legislature a report containing the prioritized list of projects.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 781, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Corteseauthor
  • Caballeroauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 781, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-10

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-04

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2908.) 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. 2025-08-20

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

  9. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  10. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    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 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  13. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  14. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  16. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  17. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  18. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  19. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 919.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  20. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 28.

  21. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-03-26

    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

  23. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  25. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  26. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB695Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-28 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Caballero: 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 SB695 Cortese et al.

    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

    2025-07-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: 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 695 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Soria

    2025-09-04 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ahrens: other

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