Bill Commons

CA AB 1893

in committee

Wildfire prevention: local assistance grant program: eligible activities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1893 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1893 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-14): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1893 about?

Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to specified entities, including local agencies. Existing law provides that eligible activities under the local assistance grant program include, among other things, technical assistance to local agencies to improve fire prevention and reduce fire hazards and projects to improve public safety, including, but not limited to, access to emergency equipment and improvements to public evacuation routes. Existing law makes funding for this program subject to an appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would expand eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include projects undertaken by a local governmental entity involving the acquisition or installation of mobile rigid dip tanks or similar mobile and permanent infrastructure that is capable of providing helicopter-accessible water supplies for firefighting response or suppression purposes in very high fire and high fire hazard severity zones, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 1893?

Gallagher is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1893, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to specified entities, including local agencies. Existing law provides that eligible activities under the local assistance grant program include, among other things, technical assistance to local agencies to improve fire prevention and reduce fire hazards and projects to improve public safety, including, but not limited to, access to emergency equipment and improvements to public evacuation routes. Existing law makes funding for this program subject to an appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would expand eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include projects undertaken by a local governmental entity involving the acquisition or installation of mobile rigid dip tanks or similar mobile and permanent infrastructure that is capable of providing helicopter-accessible water supplies for firefighting response or suppression purposes in very high fire and high fire hazard severity zones, as provided.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gallagherauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Hadwickcoauthor
  • Schultzauthor
  • Seyartocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-04-22

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

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  3. 2026-04-14

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-03-24

    Coauthors revised.

  5. 2026-03-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  6. 2026-03-02

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

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  7. 2026-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  8. 2026-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-23 · pass · 14-0

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

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

    2026-04-13 · pass · 6-0

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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1893

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