AB-1283 • 2026

Office of Emergency Services: firefighting mutual aid.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Committee on Emergency Management (A) - (Assembly Members Ransom (Chair), Hadwick (Vice Chair), Arambula, Bains, Calderon, and DeMaio)
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how much funding will be allocated for the reimbursement program or what criteria must be met by the state fire service and rescue mutual aid plan.

Firefighting Help Program

This law creates a Firefighting Mutual Aid and Prepositioning Program that supports emergency responses and establishes a reimbursement program for firefighting agencies.

What This Bill Does

Creates the Firefighting Mutual Aid and Prepositioning Program to support emergency mutual aid efforts.
Establishes a reimbursement program for firefighting agencies under the Master Mutual Aid Agreement.

Who It Names or Affects

Firefighting agencies in California
The Office of Emergency Services

Terms To Know

Master Mutual Aid Agreement: An agreement that allows different firefighting groups to help each other during emergencies.
Reimbursement Program: A program that pays back the costs for firefighting agencies when they help others in an emergency.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be used for the reimbursement program.
It is unclear what specific criteria must be met by the state fire service and rescue mutual aid plan.

Bill History

2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31 California Legislative Information
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.M.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Introduced measure version corrected.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1283, as introduced, Committee on Emergency Management.
Office of Emergency Services: firefighting mutual aid.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor’s office under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. Existing law requires, during any state of war emergency, or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any county, city and county, or city, aid to be rendered in accordance with approved emergency plans. In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, existing law authorizes state agencies and political subdivisions to exercise mutual aid powers in accordance with the Master Mutual Aid Agreement and local ordinances, resolutions, agreements, or plans. The act requires the Office of Emergency
Services, in consultation with relevant local and state agencies, to develop and adopt a state fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan that meets specified criteria.
This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to establish the Firefighting Mutual Aid and Prepositioning Program for specified purposes, including to support the implementation of the state fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan, as described above, and to establish a reimbursement program to allow firefighting agencies deployed under the state’s Master Mutual Aid Agreement to pay for costs, as specified.

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