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CA AB 300

in committee

Fire hazard severity zones: State Fire Marshal.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 300 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 300 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 300 about?

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Fire Marshal to classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones, and, by regulation, to designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to periodically review very high fire hazard severity zones that are not state responsibility areas, and designated and rated zones that are state responsibility areas, as provided. This bill would instead require the State Fire Marshal, at least once every 5 years, to review areas in the state identified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, and to review lands within state responsibility areas classified as fire hazard severity zones. The bill would also require the State Fire Marshal, at least once every 5 years, to re-review areas within the state that are not identified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, and to re-review lands within state responsibility areas that are not classified as fire hazard severity zones, and, if applicable, identify or classify those areas, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 300?

Lackey is the primary sponsor of CA AB 300.

Description

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Fire Marshal to classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones, and, by regulation, to designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to periodically review very high fire hazard severity zones that are not state responsibility areas, and designated and rated zones that are state responsibility areas, as provided. This bill would instead require the State Fire Marshal, at least once every 5 years, to review areas in the state identified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, and to review lands within state responsibility areas classified as fire hazard severity zones. The bill would also require the State Fire Marshal, at least once every 5 years, to re-review areas within the state that are not identified as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, and to re-review lands within state responsibility areas that are not classified as fire hazard severity zones, and, if applicable, identify or classify those areas, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lackeyauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-24

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  3. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-14

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-02-18

    Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-02-20

    Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 24).

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  8. 2025-03-26

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-03-27

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-04-23

    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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  11. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28).

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  13. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  14. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-05-14

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

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  16. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-05-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1650.)

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  18. 2025-05-23

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

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  19. 2025-06-04

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

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  20. 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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  21. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  23. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 01/23/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-23Compare
  • 02/14/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • AB300Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-24 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: other
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0

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

    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 300 Lackey Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-23 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ta: 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
    • Lee: 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, but first be re-referred 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

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