Bill Commons

CA AB 888

enacted

California Safe Homes grant program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 888 pass?

Yes. CA AB 888 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 888 about?

Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law directs the department and commissioner to administer various grant programs that, among other things, defray property retrofitting costs. This bill would establish the California Safe Homes grant program to be developed by the department to reduce local and statewide wildfire losses, among other things. The bill would require the department to prioritize specified needs when awarding grant funds, and would require eligible program applicants, which would include individuals, cities, counties, and special districts, to meet specified criteria. The bill would establish the Sustainable Insurance Account within the Insurance Fund and would make the funds available to the department for the program upon appropriation by the Legislature or upon receipt of federal or other grants or funds. The bill would require the department to collect specified information about the performance of the program and, on or before January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, to publish a performance report that would be posted to its internet website and submitted to the Legislature.

Who sponsors CA AB 888?

Calderon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 888, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law directs the department and commissioner to administer various grant programs that, among other things, defray property retrofitting costs. This bill would establish the California Safe Homes grant program to be developed by the department to reduce local and statewide wildfire losses, among other things. The bill would require the department to prioritize specified needs when awarding grant funds, and would require eligible program applicants, which would include individuals, cities, counties, and special districts, to meet specified criteria. The bill would establish the Sustainable Insurance Account within the Insurance Fund and would make the funds available to the department for the program upon appropriation by the Legislature or upon receipt of federal or other grants or funds. The bill would require the department to collect specified information about the performance of the program and, on or before January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, to publish a performance report that would be posted to its internet website and submitted to the Legislature.

Introduced
2025-04-22
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Calderonauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor
  • Bermancoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Hadwickcoauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Walliscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-18

    Enrolled measure version corrected.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-09-13

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  6. 2025-09-13

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3046.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  8. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  9. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  10. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  14. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on INS.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-06-04

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1983.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  17. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1788.)

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  18. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-05-23

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

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  20. 2025-05-14

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

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-04-30

    Coauthors revised.

  22. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2025-04-23

    Re-referred to Com. on INS.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-04-22

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

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on INS.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  27. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/22/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-22Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB888Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-30 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Chen: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: other

  • 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 888 Calderon Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0

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

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

    2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Niello: 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

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

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

  • 3rd Reading AB888 Calderon et al. By Grayson

    2025-09-13 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Gonzalez: other

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