Requires operational safety plans to require employees to check in before taking action at an incident location; directs the office to make efforts to provide employees with operational safety plans
Summary
Provides that an operational safety plan developed by the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall require that any employee check in with the incident commander or safety officer for incident specific procedures prior to taking any action at the incident location; provides that when deployment occurs in coordination with one or more other entities, and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation is not the lead response agency, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that employees are provided with the incident specific operational safety plan developed by the lead agency and/or incident commander.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
Assembly Passage
Jan 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Signed Feb 13, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2026 · Assembly Jan 21, 2026
How they voted
56–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 61
Jan 20, 2026
D
Democratic39
92% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Feb 13, 2026
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.48
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jose Serrano
DDemocratic/Working Families
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