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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1964: State Fire Marshal: home hardening.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1964 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: State Fire Marshal: home hardening. Primary sponsor: Steve Bennett (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 29, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve BennettPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly38
Patrick AhrensCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly26
Benjamin AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
David AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly80
Damon ConnollyCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly12
John HarabedianCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly41
Gregg HartCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly37
Nick SchultzCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly44
Henry SternCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2026.
  3. Approved by the Governor.
  4. Approved by the Governor.
  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  6. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  7. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  8. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5590.).
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
  11. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  12. Ordered to special consent calendar.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page