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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 581: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 581 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters. Primary sponsor: Mike McGuire (D), Timothy Grayson (D), Benjamin Allen (D), Sasha Renée Pérez (D). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 2, 2025): Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The California Constitution establishes certain conditions of employment for state officers and employees. Existing law, the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act, grants specified employment rights to firefighters, as defined, including temporary, seasonal firefighters employed by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).

This bill would require the Department of Human Resources, the State Personnel Board, and any other relevant state agency to take the necessary actions to transition the Firefighter I classification within CAL FIRE to a permanent firefighter employment classification.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike McGuirePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Timothy GraysonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Benjamin AllenPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Sasha Renée PérezPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Bob ArchuletaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Sabrina CervantesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Dave CorteseCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Lena GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Melissa HurtadoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Brian JonesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate40
Caroline MenjivarCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Eloise Gómez ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Laura RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Lola Smallwood-CuevasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Henry SternCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Thomas UmbergCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Aisha WahabCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  2. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  3. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  4. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
  6. Referred to Coms. on P. E. & R. and NAT. RES.
  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1457.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  9. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Gonzalez.
  11. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page