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SB 800: State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.
What SB 800 does, verified December 13, 2025
This bill requires the department of transportation to incorporate suicide deterrent considerations into the updates of applicable guidance documents, starting on or before July 1, 2028. The department will consult with the state department of public health and collaborate with impacted local governments in this process. This is intended to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown onto vehicles passing underneath state freeway overpasses.
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Last action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2025. (2025-10-06)Alert me
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| Oct. 06, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2025. |
| Oct. 06, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep. 22, 2025 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. |
| Sep. 10, 2025 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2834.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Sep. 08, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3011.) Ordered to the Senate. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, October 6, 2025 · 279 words
Senate Bill No. 800
CHAPTER 427
An act to add Section 92.7 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to streets and highways.
[ Approved by Governor October 06, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 06, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 800, Reyes. State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided..
This bill would require, beginning on or before July 1, 2028, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and in collaboration with impacted local governments, to incorporate suicide deterrent considerations in the updates of applicable guidance documents, as provided.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 92.7 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:92.7.
(a) (1) Beginning on or before July 1, 2028, the department shall, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and in collaboration with impacted local governments, incorporate suicide deterrent considerations in the updates of applicable guidance documents.(2) Suicide deterrent considerations shall include, but not be limited to, the evaluation and adoption of guidance for countermeasures that may deter suicide attempts on bridges and overpasses on the state highway system, including the design, placement, and modification of barriers, fencing, and other infrastructure.
(3) A suicide deterrent consideration incorporated into guidance documents pursuant to this subdivision shall be as determined by the department to be appropriate.
(b) This section does not impose a mandatory duty pursuant to Section 815.6 of the Government Code.
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