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CA SB 973

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Wildfire County Coordinator Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law establishes the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force and requires the task force to develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, the task force to update the action plan. The Budget Act of 2025 provided for a community hardening program in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection that includes home hardening certification and a wildfire county coordinator program, appropriated $9,500,000 to the department to make available to the California Fire Safe Council for the Wildfire County Coordinator Program, and required the county coordinators to prioritize home hardening, defensible space, planning, and education for community-level wildfire mitigation efforts. This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to (1) establish recommended guidance for the use of available wildfire risk modeling and analysis tools by organizations, as specified, (2) develop guidance and tools related to wildfire risk assessments, (3) support the development, updating, or procurement of county-level wildfire risk assessments, (4) maintain oversight authority for the Wildfire County Coordinator Program, as provided, and (5) develop guidance and templates for the creation or revision of county-level wildfire resilience prioritization and implementation plans, and accompanying guidance for integrating these plans with related wildfire resilience programs, as provided. This bill would provide in code for the Wildfire County Coordinator Program to support county-level coordination of and capacity for wildfire mitigation, prevention, preparedness, and recovery activities, as specified. The bill would require the department to enter into an agreement with the California Fire Safe Council to administer and deliver the program. The bill would require the program to, among other things, establish capacity in participating counties to plan and execute specified activities in support of the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan and collect data on local mitigation and preparedness activities, outcomes, and costs, as provided.

Introduced
2026-02-04
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-30 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Beckerauthor
  • Sternauthor
  • Allenprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-04

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2026-02-05

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.

  3. 2026-02-18

    Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.M.

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  4. 2026-03-11

    Set for hearing March 24.

  5. 2026-03-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3660.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  6. 2026-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  7. 2026-04-13

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  8. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3972.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2026-04-24

    Set for hearing May 4.

  10. 2026-05-04

    May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. 2026-05-08

    Set for hearing May 14.

  12. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).

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  13. 2026-05-14

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  14. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4448.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2026-05-26

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2026-06-01

    Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.

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  18. 2026-06-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  19. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  20. 2026-06-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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Versions

  • 02/04/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-04Compare
  • 04/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-13Compare
  • 05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
  • 06/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-09Compare
  • SB973Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grove: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes

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

    2026-04-21 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ashby: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2026-05-14 · pass · 5-0

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

  • 3rd Reading SB973 Becker et al.

    2026-05-26 · pass · 37-0

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

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

    2026-06-22 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Alanis: yes

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

    2026-06-29 · pass · 6-0

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

Related bills

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