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CA AB 716

in committee

Fire safety standards: hydrogen facilities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 716 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 716 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 716 about?

Existing law creates the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to foster, promote, and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal to appoint a hydrogen fire expert to answer questions and provide clarification on the implementation of hydrogen production, storage, and distribution facilities, ensuring that hydrogen facilities comply with the most up-to-date fire safety standards. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to provide ongoing training to local fire departments and building inspectors to ensure that hydrogen-related safety protocols are understood and enforced statewide.

Who sponsors CA AB 716?

Carrillo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 716.

Description

Existing law creates the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to foster, promote, and develop ways and means of protecting life and property against fire and panic. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal to appoint a hydrogen fire expert to answer questions and provide clarification on the implementation of hydrogen production, storage, and distribution facilities, ensuring that hydrogen facilities comply with the most up-to-date fire safety standards. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to provide ongoing training to local fire departments and building inspectors to ensure that hydrogen-related safety protocols are understood and enforced statewide.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carrilloauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-24

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

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  4. 2025-03-24

    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. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  6. 2025-04-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. 2025-04-21

    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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  8. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  9. 2025-04-24

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)

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  10. 2025-04-24

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)

  11. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  12. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-05-14

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

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  14. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  15. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1847.)

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  17. 2025-06-03

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

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  18. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  19. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8).

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  20. 2025-07-14

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

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-14Compare
  • AB716Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    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.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    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
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 716 Carrillo 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 as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wahab: other
    • Jones: other
    • Dahle: 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

Related bills

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