SB 662 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wildfires: defensible space: education efforts.

Summary

Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, until January 1, 2026, to establish a statewide program to allow qualifying entities to support and augment the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts and requires the director to establish a common reporting platform that allows defensible space and home hardening assessment data, collected by qualifying entities, to be reported to the department, among other things. Existing law requires the department, until January 1, 2026, to develop and implement a training program to train individuals to support and augment the department in its defensible and home hardening assessment and public education efforts. This bill would extend those programs to January 1, 2031.

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Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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02/20/25 - Introduced → SB662 · 2 edits

MINOR

SB 662 extends the sunset date for two wildfire defensible space programs from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031, adding five years to their operational life. The programs allow qualified entities (counties, conservation corps, fire safe councils, etc.) to conduct defensible space assessments and educate property owners in coordination with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Without this extension, both the statewide assessment program and the volunteer training/certification program would have expired.

TIMELINE

Section 4291.5(i) sunset date changed from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031, extending the defensible space assessment and education program by five years.

Section 4291.6(d) sunset date changed from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2031, extending the volunteer training and certification program by five years.

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Committee

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 708.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors