AB-1457 • 2026

Wildfires: training: defensible space: inspections.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Bryan
Last action: 2025-09-03
Official status: In Senate. Held at Desk.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement or funding for the new training requirements.

Wildfires: Training and Inspections

This law extends training programs for wildfire prevention and requires new training for inspections starting in July 2026.

What This Bill Does

Extends the statewide program that allows certain people to help with defensible space and home hardening assessments after completing specific training.
Requires a common reporting platform for data collected by those who complete the training.
Establishes new training requirements starting July 1, 2026, focusing on conducting home ignition zone inspections.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Individuals who complete specific training to help with wildfire prevention efforts

Terms To Know

Defensible space: An area around a home or building that is maintained to reduce fire danger.
Home hardening: Making homes and buildings more resistant to wildfires.

Limits and Unknowns

It is unclear how the new training requirements will be enforced or funded.

Bill History

2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Held at Desk.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2286.).
2025-08-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-13 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2020.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.
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 1457, as amended, Bryan.
Wildfires:
training programs:
training:
defensible space: inspections.
Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, until January 1, 2026, to establish a statewide program to allow
qualifying entities who
certain persons and entities that
have completed
a
specific
training program,
training developed by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for these purposes
to support and augment the
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
department
in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education
efforts and
efforts. Existing law
requires the director to establish a common reporting platform that allows defensible space and home hardening assessment
data,
data
collected by
qualifying entities,
those persons and entities
to be reported to the department,
among other things.
and authorizes the department to use that data to direct its inspection and enforcement resources and for other specified purposes.
Existing law requires the department, until January 1, 2026, to develop and implement a training program for individuals to support and augment the department in its defensible and home hardening assessment and public education efforts. Existing law requires the training program to do
specified things.
This bill would
extend the operation of the program described above indefinitely, and would
require the
training program
training, beginning July 1, 2026,
to include training consistent with the “Home Ignition Zone/Defensible Space Inspector” course plan, established by the State Fire Marshal, to ensure that individuals are trained to conduct home ignition zone inspections.
The bill would also extend the operative date of both programs described above indefinitely.

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