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Measure SB 695
Authors Cortese   Caballero  
Subject Transportation: climate resiliency: projects of statewide and regional significance.
Relating To relating to transportation.
Title An act to add Section 14053 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 781, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-10     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-04     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2908.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-04     In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20     August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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.
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-05-29     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-29     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-27     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12     May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-02     Set for hearing May 12.
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.
2025-04-10     Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-26     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-05     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-08
Amended Senate     2025-03-26
Introduced     2025-02-21
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					Failure to act now will result in significantly greater state costs to repair, rebuild, and replace failing infrastructure.
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					It is the intent of the Legislature to promote infrastructure projects of statewide and regional significance that will enhance resilience to climate change, reduce disaster recovery costs, and ensure continued public safety and economic vitality.
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								On or before July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the department, in consultation with the commission and the Transportation Agency, shall create a prioritized list of projects of statewide and regional significance to better prepare the state for extreme weather-related events. Priority shall be given to projects that advance the following cobenefits, with greater priority given to projects
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								Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, on or before
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Last Version Text Digest 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.