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CA SB 90

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Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: grants: improvements to public evacuation routes: mobile rigid water storage: electrical generators.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 90 pass?

No. CA SB 90 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-02-02). Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

What is CA SB 90 about?

The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, approved by the voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. The act makes $135,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Office of Emergency Services for a wildfire mitigation grant program to provide, among other things, loans, direct assistance, and matching funds for projects that prevent wildfires, increase resilience, maintain existing wildfire risk reduction projects, reduce the risk of wildfires to communities, or increase home or community hardening. The act provides that eligible projects include, but are not limited to, grants to local agencies, state agencies, joint powers authorities, tribes, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, and nonprofit organizations for structure hardening of critical community infrastructure, wildfire smoke mitigation, evacuation centers, including community clean air centers, structure hardening projects that reduce the risk of wildfire for entire neighborhoods and communities, water delivery system improvements for fire suppression purposes for communities in very high or high fire hazard areas, wildfire buffers, and incentives to remove structures that significantly increase hazard risk. This bill would include in the list of eligible projects grants to the above-mentioned entities for improvements to public evacuation routes in very high and high fire hazard severity zones, mobile rigid dip tanks, as defined, to support firefighting efforts, prepositioned mobile rigid water storage, as defined, and improvements to the response and effectiveness of fire engines and helicopters. The bill would also include grants, in coordination with the Public Utilities Commission, to local agencies, state agencies, special districts, joint powers authorities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for backup electrical generators for water reservoirs.

Who sponsors CA SB 90?

Seyarto is the primary sponsor of CA SB 90, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, approved by the voters as Proposition 4 at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election, authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $10,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance projects for safe drinking water, drought, flood, and water resilience, wildfire and forest resilience, coastal resilience, extreme heat mitigation, biodiversity and nature-based climate solutions, climate-smart, sustainable, and resilient farms, ranches, and working lands, park creation and outdoor access, and clean air programs. The act makes $135,000,000 available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Office of Emergency Services for a wildfire mitigation grant program to provide, among other things, loans, direct assistance, and matching funds for projects that prevent wildfires, increase resilience, maintain existing wildfire risk reduction projects, reduce the risk of wildfires to communities, or increase home or community hardening. The act provides that eligible projects include, but are not limited to, grants to local agencies, state agencies, joint powers authorities, tribes, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, and nonprofit organizations for structure hardening of critical community infrastructure, wildfire smoke mitigation, evacuation centers, including community clean air centers, structure hardening projects that reduce the risk of wildfire for entire neighborhoods and communities, water delivery system improvements for fire suppression purposes for communities in very high or high fire hazard areas, wildfire buffers, and incentives to remove structures that significantly increase hazard risk. This bill would include in the list of eligible projects grants to the above-mentioned entities for improvements to public evacuation routes in very high and high fire hazard severity zones, mobile rigid dip tanks, as defined, to support firefighting efforts, prepositioned mobile rigid water storage, as defined, and improvements to the response and effectiveness of fire engines and helicopters. The bill would also include grants, in coordination with the Public Utilities Commission, to local agencies, state agencies, special districts, joint powers authorities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for backup electrical generators for water reservoirs.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Seyartoauthor
  • Alvarado-Gilcoauthor
  • Choicoauthor
  • Grovecoauthor
  • Jonescoauthor
  • Ochoa Boghcoauthor
  • Valladarescoauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Gallaghercoauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Tangipacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

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

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  2. 2025-01-23

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

  3. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W.

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  4. 2025-02-25

    Set for hearing March 11.

  5. 2025-02-26

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

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  6. 2025-03-11

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 352.) (March 11).

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  7. 2025-03-12

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  8. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 22.

  9. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 838.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  11. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  13. 2025-05-23

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  14. 2026-02-02

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Versions

  • 01/22/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-22Compare
  • 02/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-02-26Compare
  • 03/12/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-12Compare
  • SB90Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]

    2025-03-11 · pass · 13-0

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

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Hurtado: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB90

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