CA AB 1960
enactedWildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1960 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1960 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1960 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, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department's Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee, to establish a wildfire mitigation validation program to provide voluntary official recognition to a community that achieves progress toward community-scale wildfire preparedness and mitigations. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the committee, to (1) set the wildfire mitigations, including, among other things, home hardening and defensible space requirements, and (2) set the minimum percentage of mitigations required to achieve recognition and set increases in those percentages, as provided. The bill would authorize the department, commencing with the 2028–29 fiscal year, to disburse funds appropriated for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to recognized communities that partner with fire safe councils or other eligible groups, as provided. The bill would authorize the department to prioritize disadvantaged recognized fire communities pursuant to its established procedures for prioritizing disadvantaged applicants for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program.
Who sponsors CA AB 1960?
Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1960, joined by 5 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, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department's Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal's Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee, to establish a wildfire mitigation validation program to provide voluntary official recognition to a community that achieves progress toward community-scale wildfire preparedness and mitigations. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the committee, to (1) set the wildfire mitigations, including, among other things, home hardening and defensible space requirements, and (2) set the minimum percentage of mitigations required to achieve recognition and set increases in those percentages, as provided. The bill would authorize the department, commencing with the 2028–29 fiscal year, to disburse funds appropriated for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to recognized communities that partner with fire safe councils or other eligible groups, as provided. The bill would authorize the department to prioritize disadvantaged recognized fire communities pursuant to its established procedures for prioritizing disadvantaged applicants for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-26
- Latest action
- 2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bennettauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
- Connollycoauthor
- Harabediancoauthor
- Hartcoauthor
- Sterncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-10
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2026-08-30
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6933.).
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2026-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-19
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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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. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-25
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
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.M.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 5207.)
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 14. Noes 1.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-09
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
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2026-04-08
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-07
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 6).
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2026-04-06
Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
referral-committee
2026-03-26
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-02
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.
referral-committee
2026-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
- 03/26/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-26Compare
- 04/08/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-08Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-25Compare
- 08/19/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-19Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]
2026-04-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Connolly: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Boerner: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-23 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Ransom: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bains: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bennett: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Hadwick: no
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 14-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: 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
- Tangipa: no
AB 1960 Bennett Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 70-2
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hart: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Jackson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Wilson: other
- Gallagher: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]
2026-06-23 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grove: other
- Cabaldon: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Blakespear: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Dahle: other
- Rubio: other
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