California AB1960: Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 4124.9 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention. fire prevention Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to add Section 4124.9 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention. fire prevention Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation. Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee, to establish a wildfire mitigation validation program to provide voluntary official recognition to a community that achieves …

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Sponsors

• Steve Bennett (D, AD38) · primary sponsor
• Patrick Ahrens (D, AD26)
• Damon Connolly (D, AD12)
• John Harabedian (D, AD41)
• Gregg Hart (D, AD37)
• Henry Stern (D, SD27)

Latest actions

1. September 29, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 29, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 10, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6933.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
6. August 30, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
8. August 30, 2026: Ordered to special consent calendar.
9. August 20, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 19, 2026: Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1960 Bennett et al. By Allen (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1960 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 77 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): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] (June 23, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1960?

AB1960 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation.

What does AB1960 do?

In its own words: An act to add Section 4124.9 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention. fire prevention Wildfire Prevention Grants Program: wildfire mitigation validation…

What is the status of AB1960?

Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 764, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1960?

Steve Bennett (D, AD38), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB1960?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1960