California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2075: Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 4427, 4428, 4430, 4431, 4442, 4442.5, 4442.6, and 4443 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 4427, 4428, 4430, 4431, 4442, 4442.5, 4442.6, and 4443 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines. (1) Under existing law, a person is prohibited from using or operating, on or near specified lands during a time of the year when burning permits are required, a motor engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate without complying with specified requirements, including the requirement to maintain one serviceable round point shovel and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation. Existing law prohibits a person, except a member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of a service vehicle owned or operated by or for, or operated under contract with, a publicly or privately owned utility, as provided, from using or operating any vehicle, machine, tool, or equipment powered by an internal combustion engine operated on hydrocarbon fuels in an industrial operation located on specified land between April 1 and December 1 of any year, or at any other time when ground litter and vegetation will sustain combustion permitting the spread of fire, without providing and maintaining, for firefighting purposes …
Sponsors
- Steve Bennett (D, AD38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2026.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6397.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5554.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- AB 2075 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 24, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2075 Bennett By Wiener (August 19, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 23, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2075 Bennett Assembly Third Reading (May 21, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (April 21, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2075?
- AB2075 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.
- What does AB2075 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 4427, 4428, 4430, 4431, 4442, 4442.5, 4442.6, and 4443 of the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry. forestry Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines…
- What is the status of AB2075?
- Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2075?
- Steve Bennett (D, AD38).
- Where is the official record for AB2075?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2075
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