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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 894: Wildfire resiliency: financial assistance.

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

SB 894 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Wildfire resiliency: financial assistance. Primary sponsor: Benjamin Allen (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 29, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 770, 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 Office of Emergency Services to enter into a joint powers agreement, as specified, with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop and administer a comprehensive wildfire mitigation program, that, among other things, encourages cost-effective structure hardening and retrofitting that creates fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings.

Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide alternative methods of financing in providing and promoting the establishment of facilities using alternative methods and sources of energy and facilities needed for the development and commercialization of advanced transportation technologies, as provided.

This bill would establish the California Wildfire Resilience Loan Program and would require the authority, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer the program to provide financial assistance for projects and activities to reduce wildfire-related risks and losses, including home hardening and defensible space improvements, as provided, and would make related changes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Benjamin AllenPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Josh BeckerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Steve BennettCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly38
Lisa CalderonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly56
Sasha Renée PérezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Laura RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Chris RogersCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly2
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
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 770, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6610.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read third time and amended.
  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).
  12. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

Sources

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