AB-1395 • 2026

Forestry: internal combustion engines: industrial operations: fire toolbox.

Agriculture Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Harabedian
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 summary does not provide specific details on the number of fire extinguishers required per employee or what constitutes 'nonsubstantive changes'.

Fire Safety Rules for Forest Work

This law updates safety rules for using machines in forests and grasslands, requiring better fire-fighting tools near industrial work areas.

What This Bill Does

Changes the types of firefighting tools needed when running machinery on forest land.
Requires a sufficient number of fire extinguishers to be located within the operating area and accessible during operations.
Updates existing rules about using machines in forests and grasslands between April 1 and December 1.

Who It Names or Affects

People who run industrial operations on forest, brush, or grass-covered land.
Companies that use machinery powered by internal combustion engines near forests.

Terms To Know

internal combustion engine: A type of engine that uses fuel to create power through small explosions inside the machine.
industrial operation: Work done by machines or equipment in a factory, farm, or other business setting.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how many fire extinguishers are needed for each worker.
It is unclear what 'nonsubstantive changes' means exactly without seeing the full text.

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.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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 1395, as introduced, Harabedian.
Forestry: internal combustion engines: industrial operations: fire toolbox.
Existing law prohibits any person, except as specified, from using or operating any vehicle, machine, tool, or equipment powered by an internal combustion engine operated on hydrocarbon fuels, in any industrial operation located on or near any forest, brush, or grass-covered land between April 1 and December 1 of any year, or at any other time when ground litter and vegetation will sustain combustion permitting the spread of fire, without providing and maintaining, for firefighting purposes only, suitable and serviceable tools, as prescribed. Existing law requires a sealed box of tools, containing specified items, including one backpack pump-type fire extinguisher filled with water, to be located within the operating area and accessible in the event of a fire.
This bill would instead require a dedicated set of tools, as specified, including a
sufficient number of fire extinguishers, to be located within the operating area and accessible in the event of a fire, so that, when added to any other tools on the industrial operation, each employee at the operation can be equipped to fight fire. The bill would make other nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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