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CA AB 1143

vetoed

State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1143 pass?

No. CA AB 1143 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 1143 about?

Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop and make available on its internet website a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training intended for use in the training of local building officials, builders, and fire service personnel, as specified. Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop and update a Wildland-Urban Interface Products listing of products and construction assemblies that comply with prescribed regulations regarding building in a wildland-urban interface area. Existing law authorizes the Office of the State Fire Marshal to expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of researching and developing the products listing and the educational and training provisions. Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to develop a home hardening certification program that identifies home hardening measures, including defensible space, that can be implemented during renovation or property improvement projects, or both, to substantially reduce the risk of loss during a fire and bring existing building stock into alignment with state building standards for wildland-urban interface areas. The bill would authorize the Office of the State Fire Marshal to expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of developing the home hardening certification program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 13159.5 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by SB 514 to be operative only if this bill and SB 514 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA AB 1143?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1143.

Description

Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop and make available on its internet website a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training intended for use in the training of local building officials, builders, and fire service personnel, as specified. Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to develop and update a Wildland-Urban Interface Products listing of products and construction assemblies that comply with prescribed regulations regarding building in a wildland-urban interface area. Existing law authorizes the Office of the State Fire Marshal to expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of researching and developing the products listing and the educational and training provisions. Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee. This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to develop a home hardening certification program that identifies home hardening measures, including defensible space, that can be implemented during renovation or property improvement projects, or both, to substantially reduce the risk of loss during a fire and bring existing building stock into alignment with state building standards for wildland-urban interface areas. The bill would authorize the Office of the State Fire Marshal to expend funds from the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of developing the home hardening certification program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 13159.5 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by SB 514 to be operative only if this bill and SB 514 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2025-04-01
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  2. 2025-10-13

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  4. 2025-09-24

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

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  5. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3475.).

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  6. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  7. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2994.).

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  9. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  13. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  14. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  15. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  17. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  19. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W.

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  20. 2025-06-03

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

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  21. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1880.)

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  22. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  24. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  25. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  27. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21).

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  28. 2025-04-22

    Coauthors revised.

  29. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  30. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  31. 2025-04-01

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  32. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and NAT. RES.

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  33. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  34. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • AB1143Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources]

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Bennett: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-21 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other
  • AB 1143 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Jones: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Rubio: yes
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-08 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Limón: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón

    2025-09-12 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Gonzalez: other
  • AB 1143 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: other

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