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CA AB 2473

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Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center: forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2473 pass?

The current status of CA AB 2473 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 2473 about?

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, requires the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center, which serves as the state's central organizing hub for, among other things, wildfire forecasting. Existing law requires the center to, among other things, provide specified intelligence and guidelines about wildfire threats to government agencies and designated alerting authorities. Existing law authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to proclaim a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. This bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to proactively coordinate with the National Weather Service and the California State Warning Center to share forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions to ensure wide distribution of information for all potentially impacted agencies. The bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to create a written report that contains specified information analyzing forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions and disseminate it to the California State Warning Center. The bill would require the California State Warning Center to proactively disseminate the report and related information to operational area duty officers and public safety answering points within the geography of an impacted area. The bill would authorize the proclamation of a state of emergency or local emergency based on the information contained in a report, as specified. This bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to create and disseminate a training program for operational areas to interpret the analysis of the reports described above and educate the operational area emergency managers on the urgency, information, and potential actions to take upon receipt of a report.

Who sponsors CA AB 2473?

Committee on Emergency Management is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2473.

Description

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, requires the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center, which serves as the state's central organizing hub for, among other things, wildfire forecasting. Existing law requires the center to, among other things, provide specified intelligence and guidelines about wildfire threats to government agencies and designated alerting authorities. Existing law authorizes the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, and local officials and local governments to proclaim a local emergency, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist, and authorizes the Governor or the appropriate local government to exercise certain powers in response to that emergency. This bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to proactively coordinate with the National Weather Service and the California State Warning Center to share forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions to ensure wide distribution of information for all potentially impacted agencies. The bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to create a written report that contains specified information analyzing forecasted extreme, life-threatening fire weather conditions and disseminate it to the California State Warning Center. The bill would require the California State Warning Center to proactively disseminate the report and related information to operational area duty officers and public safety answering points within the geography of an impacted area. The bill would authorize the proclamation of a state of emergency or local emergency based on the information contained in a report, as specified. This bill would require the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center to create and disseminate a training program for operational areas to interpret the analysis of the reports described above and educate the operational area emergency managers on the urgency, information, and potential actions to take upon receipt of a report.

Introduced
2026-04-07
Latest action
2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Emergency Managementauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

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  5. 2026-05-28

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

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  6. 2026-05-27

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

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  7. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5465.)

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  8. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-05-14

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

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  10. 2026-04-29

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

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  11. 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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  12. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  13. 2026-04-07

    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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  14. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Com. on E.M.

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  15. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  16. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Documents

Votes

  • 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

  • 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 2473 Emergency Management Assembly Third Reading By RANSOM

    2026-05-27 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Davies: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lee: 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
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

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

    2026-06-30 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: other

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