AB-1642 • 2026

Wildfires: contamination standards.

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Sponsor: Harabedian
Last action: 2026-06-10
Official status: Referred to Com. on E.Q.
Effective date: Not listed

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Wildfires: contamination standards.

AB 1642, as amended, Harabedian.

What This Bill Does

AB 1642, as amended, Harabedian.
Wildfires: contamination standards.
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and establishes the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation within the office.
Existing law makes the deputy director responsible for fire preparedness and mitigation missions of the department, as provided.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
2026-05-28 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 3.)
2026-05-22 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5271.)
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-11 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-03 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. Read second time and amended.
2026-02-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
2026-01-28 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
2026-01-27 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1642, as amended, Harabedian.
Wildfires: contamination standards.
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and establishes the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation within the office. Existing law makes the deputy director responsible for fire preparedness and mitigation missions of the department, as provided. The Department of Toxic Substances Control regulates the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials.
This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt, no later than July 1, 2027, emergency regulations specifying the science-informed, health-based standards for investigation, environmental testing, and clearance, to guide the removal of lead and asbestos inside and outside of homes, schools, workplaces, and other structures in residential areas after a
wildfire, as provided. The bill would also require the department, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to adopt regulations by July 1, 2028, specifying science-informed, health-based standards for hazardous chemicals following a wildfire, and would require those standards to be established at chemical levels to ensure safe reoccupancy and prevent new cancer cases attributable to such fires, as provided.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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