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CA AB2102

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/18/2026

Primary Sponsor

Carl DeMaio

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local entities to assess all undeveloped public lands for fire hazards by January 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter, with assessments posted publicly online

  • Mandates 200-foot firebreaks on all public land borders with private property by January 1, 2028

  • Requires state and local agencies acquiring private undeveloped land to create fire prevention management plans and report costs within one year of acquisition

  • Grants private property owners the right to conduct wildfire fuel reduction activities (removing dead trees, thinning brush, creating defensible space) following county fire chief guidelines, exempt from CEQA environmental review

  • Preempts local ordinances that restrict fuel reduction activities and prohibits state agencies from imposing additional permitting or regulatory requirements on these activities

Legislative Description

Wildfire: vegetation management: fuel reduction activities.

Last Action

Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources3/9/2026

Full Bill Text

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