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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 275: Office of Emergency Services: wildfire aerial response program.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 275 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Office of Emergency Services: wildfire aerial response program. Primary sponsor: Cottie Petrie-Norris (D). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services in the office of the Governor, with specified powers and duties relative to coordinating emergency services. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to enter into a joint powers agreement with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program, as specified.

This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to establish, on or before December 31, 2026, a working group to evaluate and develop recommendations for implementing a wildfire aerial response program to provide year-round, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, rapid aerial suppression capabilities. The bill would require the working group to consider specified elements to ensure effective statewide aerial wildfire suppression and to develop recommendations, including whether the program should be implemented as a pilot program, a full-scale statewide initiative, or if implementation is not recommended based on feasibility findings. The bill would require the Director of Emergency Services, in consultation with the department, to appoint members to the working group who are familiar with wildfire aviation response programs, as provided. The bill would require the working group to report its findings and implementation recommendations to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization on or before December 31, 2027, as provided.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cottie Petrie-NorrisPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly73

“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. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
  3. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  4. (Pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)
  5. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)
  6. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
  8. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  9. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.
  11. Referred to Coms. on E.M and U. & E.
  12. From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.

Sources

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