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CA AB 1531

enacted

Office of Emergency Services: comprehensive wildfire mitigation program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1531 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1531 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1531 about?

Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised. Existing law, operative until July 1, 2029, requires the Office of Emergency Services to enter into a joint powers agreement with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program to, among other things, encourage cost-effective structure hardening and retrofitting to create fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings. That law requires the joint powers authority to develop eligibility criteria for property owners, community organizations, and local governments that may receive financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation program. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the Department of Insurance to be added as an ex officio nonvoting member to the California Wildfire Mitigation Program Board created pursuant to the joint powers agreement.

Who sponsors CA AB 1531?

Committee on Emergency Management is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1531.

Description

Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised. Existing law, operative until July 1, 2029, requires the Office of Emergency Services to enter into a joint powers agreement with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program to, among other things, encourage cost-effective structure hardening and retrofitting to create fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings. That law requires the joint powers authority to develop eligibility criteria for property owners, community organizations, and local governments that may receive financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation program. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the Department of Insurance to be added as an ex officio nonvoting member to the California Wildfire Mitigation Program Board created pursuant to the joint powers agreement.

Introduced
2025-07-10
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Emergency Managementauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-22

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3185.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2626.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  9. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  12. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-08-29

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

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  14. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-07-14

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8).

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  17. 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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  18. 2025-06-04

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

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  19. 2025-05-23

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

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  20. 2025-05-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1665.)

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  21. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  22. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  23. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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  25. 2025-04-21

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on INS.)

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  26. 2025-04-21

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)

  27. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and INS.

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  28. 2025-03-27

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.

  29. 2025-03-26

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 03/26/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-14Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB1531Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Arambula: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-30 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Chen: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes

  • AB 1531 E.M. Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0

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

  • 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 as amended, but first amend, and re-refer 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 AB1531 E.M. (Ransom) By Padilla

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

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

  • AB 1531 Emergency Management Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RANSOM

    2025-09-10 · 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
    • 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
    • McKinnor: 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
    • Tangipa: other

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