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CA AB2075

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/18/2026

Primary Sponsor

Steve Bennett

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires operators of motor engines, welding equipment, and similar spark-producing devices on forest, brush, or grass-covered lands during burning permit periods to maintain backpack pump-type fire extinguishers and enough shovels for each person present, with fire tools kept within 25 feet of operations

  • Creates separate requirements for motorized vehicles working on or clearing land near wildland areas, requiring one shovel and one fire extinguisher in or affixed to the vehicle ready for immediate use

  • Expands the definition of "person" throughout multiple Public Resources Code sections to include natural persons, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, and other legal entities, thereby broadening who can be held criminally liable for violations

  • Requires internal combustion engine equipment sold, leased, or rented to include permanent warning labels about spark and fire risks, with violations punishable as infractions with fines up to $100

  • Maintains existing requirements for spark arresters on internal combustion engines used on wildland areas, with exemptions for certain trucks, buses, turbocharged engines, and vehicles in organized racing events

Legislative Description

Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.

Last Action

Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources3/9/2026

Full Bill Text

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