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CA AB 372

introduced

Office of Emergency Services: state matching funds: water system infrastructure improvements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 372 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 372 has been introduced as of 2025-09-03 but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-09-03): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.

What is CA AB 372 about?

Existing law establishes, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services (OES) , under the direction of the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law charges the OES with coordinating various emergency activities within the state. The California Emergency Services Act, contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature, requires the OES to enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program relating to structure hardening and retrofitting and prescribed fuel modification activities. Existing law authorizes the joint powers authority to establish financial assistance limits and matching funding or other recipient contribution requirements for the program, as provided. This bill, contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the Rural Water Infrastructure for Wildfire Resilience Program within the OES for the distribution of state matching funds to urban wildland interface communities, as defined, in designated high fire hazard severity zones or very high fire hazard severity zones to improve water system infrastructure, as prescribed. The bill would require the OES to work in coordination with the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and other state entities as the OES determines to be appropriate, to achieve the purposes of the program. The bill would require the OES to develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize the distribution of state matching funds provided under the program to rural communities based upon specified criteria.

Who sponsors CA AB 372?

Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 372.

Description

Existing law establishes, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services (OES) , under the direction of the Director of Emergency Services. Existing law charges the OES with coordinating various emergency activities within the state. The California Emergency Services Act, contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature, requires the OES to enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program relating to structure hardening and retrofitting and prescribed fuel modification activities. Existing law authorizes the joint powers authority to establish financial assistance limits and matching funding or other recipient contribution requirements for the program, as provided. This bill, contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the Rural Water Infrastructure for Wildfire Resilience Program within the OES for the distribution of state matching funds to urban wildland interface communities, as defined, in designated high fire hazard severity zones or very high fire hazard severity zones to improve water system infrastructure, as prescribed. The bill would require the OES to work in coordination with the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and other state entities as the OES determines to be appropriate, to achieve the purposes of the program. The bill would require the OES to develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize the distribution of state matching funds provided under the program to rural communities based upon specified criteria.

Introduced
2025-04-21
Latest action
2025-09-03 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bennettauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  3. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and E.S & T.M.

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  4. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  5. 2025-04-21

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.

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  7. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-05-14

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

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  9. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  10. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1822.)

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  12. 2025-06-03

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

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  13. 2025-06-11

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

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  14. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  15. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  17. 2025-08-29

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

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  18. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  19. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.

Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • AB372Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials]

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-0

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

  • AB 372 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water]

    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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: 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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

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