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CaliforniaAB 7992025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

prisons: death benefit for incarcerated firefighters.

Sponsored By: Celeste Celeste Rodriguez (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Cash death benefit for incarcerated firefighters

The law creates a death benefit for incarcerated Conservation Camp hand crew members. If a crew member dies from their duties on active deployment, during training, or while incapacitated from those duties, CDCR pays the named beneficiary. The payment is $50,000 plus 50% of the pay earned in the 12 months before death. CDCR must pay within 60 days of the death.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Celeste Celeste Rodriguez

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Isaac Bryan

    Democratic • House

  • Sade Elhawary

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 240 • No: 0

House vote • 9/12/2025

Item 123 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 80 • No: 0

Senate vote • 9/11/2025

Item 196 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 40 • No: 0

legislature vote • 8/29/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 7 • No: 0

legislature vote • 6/23/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 7 • No: 0

legislature vote • 6/10/2025

Vote in CS72

Yes: 6 • No: 0

House vote • 5/1/2025

Item 188 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 76 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/23/2025

Vote in CX25

Yes: 15 • No: 0

legislature vote • 3/25/2025

Vote in CX18

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 711, Statutes of 2025.

    10/13/2025Senate

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    10/13/2025legislature

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

    9/24/2025legislature

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3382.).

    9/12/2025House

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

    9/12/2025House

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.).

    9/11/2025Senate

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

    9/9/2025Senate

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    9/2/2025Senate

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    8/29/2025Senate

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    8/29/2025Senate

  11. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    6/23/2025Senate

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    6/10/2025Senate

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    5/29/2025Senate

  14. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    5/14/2025Senate

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    5/1/2025Senate

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.)

    5/1/2025House

  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    4/24/2025House

  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

    4/23/2025House

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    3/26/2025House

  20. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    3/3/2025House

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

    2/19/2025House

  22. Read first time. To print.

    2/18/2025House

Bill Text

  • Chaptered

    10/13/2025

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  • Enrolled

    9/16/2025

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  • Amended Senate

    8/29/2025

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  • Amended Senate

    5/29/2025

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  • Introduced

    2/18/2025

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