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Fire hazard severity zones: State Fire Marshal.

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

CA AB 300 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Passed first chamber
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Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Aug 29, 2025

What it does

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Fire Marshal to classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones, and, by regulation, to designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to periodically review very high fire hazard severity zones that are not state responsibility areas, and designated and rated zones that are state responsibility areas, as provided.

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Aug 29, 2025

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