California Assembly Bill 1964
Session 20252026
State Fire Marshal: home hardening.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1964
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 1964 Bennett Assembly Third Reading
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Ávila Farías
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Summary
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.
This bill would require the Office of the State Fire Marshal, on or before January 1, 2028, to develop home hardening standards, as provided. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to, on or before January 1, 2030, compile a report concerning homes in moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones in state and local responsibility areas. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal, on or before July 1, 2030, to make the completed report available on its internet website and to submit copies to the Legislature, as provided. The bill would require the report to include, among other things, estimates of both the number of homes that meet those home hardening standards and the number of homes that require more home hardening to meet those standards in each responsibility area and county.
02/13/26 - Introduced
February 13, 2026
04/27/26 - Amended Assembly
April 27, 2026
05/18/26 - Amended Assembly
May 18, 2026
08/24/26 - Enrolled
August 24, 2026
09/29/26 - Chaptered
September 29, 2026
04/22/26- Assembly Emergency Management
April 22, 2026
05/05/26- Assembly Appropriations
May 5, 2026
05/20/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 20, 2026
06/29/26- Senate Emergency Management
June 29, 2026
07/31/26- Senate Appropriations
July 31, 2026
08/14/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 14, 2026
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09/29/2026
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2026.
09/29/2026
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
08/27/2026
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/20/2026
Assembly
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
08/20/2026
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
08/18/2026
Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar.
08/13/2026
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/13/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
08/03/2026
Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
07/01/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/03/2026
Senate
Referred to Com. on E.M.
05/27/2026
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/26/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
05/19/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/18/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
05/14/2026
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).
05/06/2026
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
04/28/2026
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/27/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/23/2026
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23).
03/09/2026
Assembly
Referred to Com. on E.M.
02/14/2026
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
02/13/2026
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 14, 2026 8:36:13 AM
Record Updated
Oct 1, 2026 9:42:23 AM