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Senate bill · 20252026

SB 982

Climate disasters: civil actions.

Progress

78 days from first to latest action, across 10 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Feb 4

  2. Referred to committee

    Feb 11

  3. Heard in committee

    Apr 21

  4. Reported from committee

    Apr 21

  5. Passed first chamber

  6. Passed second chamber

  7. Sent to governor

  8. Became law

SenateMarApr

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

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

Senate · Apr 14, 2026Party-line vote

Failed 6–2

6 Yea

2 Nay

5 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

[First] hearing set for [04-15-2026]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted

Senate · Apr 14, 2026

Passed 7–0

7 Yea

0 Nay

6 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

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

Senate · Apr 21, 2026Party-line vote

Passed 9–2

9 Yea

2 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

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

Senate · Apr 22, 2026Party-line vote

Failed 3–2

3 Yea

2 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Full history

Every action recorded by California Legislative Information.

  1. April 22 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 4011.) Insurance

    Apr 23, 2026 · Senate

  2. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3977.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on INS. Insurance

    Apr 21, 2026 · Senate

  3. Set for hearing April 22 in INS. pending receipt.

    Apr 17, 2026 · Senate

  4. Set for hearing April 21.

    Apr 17, 2026 · Senate

  5. April 14 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 3868.) Reconsideration granted. Judiciary

    Apr 15, 2026 · Senate

  6. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. Judiciary

    Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

  7. Set for hearing April 14.

    Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

  8. Referred to Coms. on JUD. and INS. Judiciary

    Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

  9. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.

    Feb 5, 2026 · Senate

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

    Feb 4, 2026 · Senate

Authors

and 13 coauthors or sponsors

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  • Alex Lee coauthorD
  • Damon Connolly coauthorD
  • Dawn Addis coauthorD
  • Henry Stern coauthorD
  • Sade Elhawary coauthorD
  • Eloise Reyes coauthorD
  • Celeste Rodriguez coauthorD
  • Akilah Weber Pierson coauthorD
  • Robert Garcia coauthorD
  • Jerry McNerney coauthorD
  • Gregg Hart coauthorD
  • Ben Allen coauthorD
  • Gonzalez coauthor–

In committee

  • Judiciary

    Senate

    Referred Feb 11, 2026 · failed in committee

  • Insurance

    Senate

    Referred Apr 21, 2026 · failed in committee

Topics

Bill text

  • 02/04/26 - IntroducedPDF
  • 04/06/26 - Amended SenatePDF
  • SB982HTML

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