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CA AB 367

enacted

Water: County of Ventura: fire suppression.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 367 pass?

Yes. CA AB 367 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 367 about?

Existing law provides generally for the regulation of wells, pumping plants, conduits, and streams. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2030, require a water supplier, as defined, to have access to sufficient backup energy sources to operate critical fire suppression infrastructure, as defined, needed to supply water for at least 24 hours for the purpose of fire suppression in high or very high fire hazard severity zones in the County of Ventura, or to have access to alternative sources of water supplied by a different water supplier or agency that can serve this same purpose of supplying backup water to critical wells and water pumps for 24 hours, as provided. The bill would require the water supplier to take various actions, including annually inspecting critical fire suppression infrastructure and backup energy sources and notifying the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services within 3 business days of any reduction in its water delivery capacity that could substantially hinder firefighting operations or significantly delay the replenishment of reservoirs. The bill would require, if any fire damages and makes uninhabitable more than 10 residential dwellings within the service area of a water supplier, a report be made by the Ventura County Fire Department in cooperation with the water supplier, as specified. By levying new requirements on the Ventura County Fire Department, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Ventura. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 367?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 367, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law provides generally for the regulation of wells, pumping plants, conduits, and streams. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2030, require a water supplier, as defined, to have access to sufficient backup energy sources to operate critical fire suppression infrastructure, as defined, needed to supply water for at least 24 hours for the purpose of fire suppression in high or very high fire hazard severity zones in the County of Ventura, or to have access to alternative sources of water supplied by a different water supplier or agency that can serve this same purpose of supplying backup water to critical wells and water pumps for 24 hours, as provided. The bill would require the water supplier to take various actions, including annually inspecting critical fire suppression infrastructure and backup energy sources and notifying the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services within 3 business days of any reduction in its water delivery capacity that could substantially hinder firefighting operations or significantly delay the replenishment of reservoirs. The bill would require, if any fire damages and makes uninhabitable more than 10 residential dwellings within the service area of a water supplier, a report be made by the Ventura County Fire Department in cooperation with the water supplier, as specified. By levying new requirements on the Ventura County Fire Department, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Ventura. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-03-28
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor
  • Irwinprincipal coauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Limóncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  3. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and U. & E.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-28

    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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  5. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  6. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  7. 2025-04-21

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

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  8. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  9. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  10. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  11. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-05-14

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

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  13. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  14. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  15. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  16. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1900.)

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  18. 2025-06-03

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

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  19. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24).

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  21. 2025-06-25

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  22. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 9).

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  23. 2025-07-10

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  25. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  26. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  27. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  28. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  29. 2025-09-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  30. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2623.).

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  31. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  32. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3104.).

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  33. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  34. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  35. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-25Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB367Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]

    2025-04-07 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • DeMaio: no

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 18-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 367 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 75-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Chen: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: other

  • 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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB367 Bennett et al. By Limón

    2025-09-08 · pass · 30-7

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Jones: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Stern: other
    • Choi: other

  • AB 367 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-09 · pass · 74-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Johnson: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Macedo: other

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