California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1964: State Fire Marshal: home hardening.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Sections 13133.5 and 13134 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to home hardening. home hardening State Fire Marshal: home hardening. 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…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to add Sections 13133.5 and 13134 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to home hardening. home hardening State Fire Marshal: home hardening. 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 …
Sponsors
- Steve Bennett (D, AD38) · primary sponsor
- Patrick Ahrens (D, AD26)
- David Alvarez (D, AD80)
- Damon Connolly (D, AD12)
- John Harabedian (D, AD41)
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37)
- Nick Schultz (D, AD44)
- Benjamin Allen (D, SD24)
- Henry Stern (D, SD27)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2026.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5590.).
- : In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
- : In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Votes
- Special Consent AB1964 Bennett et al. By Becker (August 20, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1964 Bennett Assembly Third Reading (May 26, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended. (May 14, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1964?
- AB1964 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): State Fire Marshal: home hardening.
- What does AB1964 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Sections 13133.5 and 13134 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to home hardening. home hardening State Fire Marshal: home hardening. 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…
- What is the status of AB1964?
- Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1964?
- Steve Bennett (D, AD38), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB1964?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1964
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