Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 1642
Session 20252026
Wildfires: contamination standards.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Assembly on Jan 27, 2026
First Action
Jan 27, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 11, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1642
State
California
Session
20252026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Author
Democrat
Principal Coauthor
Democrat
Coauthor
Democrat
Coauthor
Democrat
Coauthor
Assembly Votes (1)
checkPassed on March 10, 2026
Motion Text
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Assembly Roll Call Votes
Summary
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and establishes the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation within the office. Existing law makes the deputy director responsible for fire preparedness and mitigation missions of the department, as provided. The Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials. This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt, no later than July 1, 2027, emergency regulations specifying the science-informed, health-based standards for investigation, environmental testing, and clearance, to guide the removal of lead and asbestos inside and outside of homes, schools, workplaces, and other structures in residential areas after a wildfire, as provided. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to adopt regulations by July 1, 2028, specifying science-informed, health-based standards for hazardous chemicals following a wildfire, and would require those standards to be established at chemical levels to ensure safe reoccupancy and prevent new cancer cases attributable to such fires, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Actions (6)
03/11/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/03/2026
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
03/02/2026
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.
02/09/2026
Assembly
Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
01/28/2026
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
01/27/2026
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 28, 2026 8:45:51 AM
Record Updated
Mar 17, 2026 8:38:17 PM