CA AB 1749
enactedInterfering with wildfire suppression and emergency responses with drone.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1749 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1749 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1749 about?
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to operate or use an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone at the scene of an emergency for the purpose of viewing the scene or emergency or military personnel, and thereby impede the emergency or military personnel, in the performance of their duties in coping with the emergency. Existing law excuses a local public entity or public employee from liability for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the local public entity or public employee of a local public entity was providing, and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with, the operation, support, or enabling of any emergency service, as specified. Existing law makes everyone responsible for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person, as provided. This bill would prohibit a person from operating or using an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone to knowingly or recklessly interfere with, among other things, a wildfire suppression or law enforcement or emergency response efforts related to a wildfire suppression. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a county counsel or city attorney to bring civil action to enforce the prohibition and authorize a prevailing plaintiff to recover civil penalties, injunctive relief, or reasonable attorney's fees and costs, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 1749?
Dixon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1749.
Description
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to operate or use an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone at the scene of an emergency for the purpose of viewing the scene or emergency or military personnel, and thereby impede the emergency or military personnel, in the performance of their duties in coping with the emergency. Existing law excuses a local public entity or public employee from liability for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the local public entity or public employee of a local public entity was providing, and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with, the operation, support, or enabling of any emergency service, as specified. Existing law makes everyone responsible for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person, as provided. This bill would prohibit a person from operating or using an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone to knowingly or recklessly interfere with, among other things, a wildfire suppression or law enforcement or emergency response efforts related to a wildfire suppression. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a county counsel or city attorney to bring civil action to enforce the prohibition and authorize a prevailing plaintiff to recover civil penalties, injunctive relief, or reasonable attorney's fees and costs, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-02
- Latest action
- 2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Dixonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-28
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2026-08-24
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6402.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-20
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.).
2026-08-18
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on E.M. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5447.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-29
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-03
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-03
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Referred to Coms. on E.M and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-10
From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2026-02-09
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 02/09/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-09Compare
- 03/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-02Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 06/17/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-17Compare
- 08/26/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-26Compare
- 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-03-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ransom: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Bains: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Papan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 1749 Dixon Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Davies: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Addis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Solache: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bains: yes
- Chen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ward: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Flora: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Lee: other
- Jackson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-23 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Rubio: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Durazo: yes
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