Bill Text: CA AB956 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 956 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Wildfire mitigation plans: fire retardants.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB956 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB956-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 956

Introduced by Assembly Member Flora

February 17, 2021

An act to add Section 8386.7 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to wildfire.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 956, as introduced, Flora. Wildfire mitigation plans: fire retardants.

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to establish minimum standard requirements and adopt rules and regulations to regulate the manufacture, sale, and application of flame-retardant chemicals.

Existing law requires electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to annually prepare wildfire mitigation plans, as specified.

This bill would expressly authorize a wildfire mitigation plan to include the use of fire-retardant chemicals approved by the State Fire Marshal on a planned basis for wildfire mitigation and risk management.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8386.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

8386.7.

Wildfire mitigation plans prepared pursuant to Section 8386 or 8387 may include the use of fire-retardant chemicals approved by the State Fire Marshal on a planned basis for wildfire mitigation and risk management.