AB-1893 • 2026

Wildfire prevention: local assistance grant program: eligible activities.

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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: Gallagher (A) , Schultz
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the inclusion of technical support for reducing fire risks and improving public safety measures, which were mentioned in the candidate explanation.

Wildfire Prevention Grants: New Activities

This law expands the types of projects that local governments can fund with grants to help prevent wildfires and improve firefighting efforts.

What This Bill Does

Expands eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include projects involving mobile rigid dip tanks or similar infrastructure for firefighting in high-risk areas.

Who It Names or Affects

Local governments in California
The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Terms To Know

Mobile rigid dip tanks: Large, portable water containers that can be used by firefighting helicopters to collect water for putting out fires.
Very high fire hazard severity zones: Areas in California where the risk of wildfires is extremely high due to factors like dry weather and dense vegetation.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill needs funding from the Legislature to be effective.
It only applies to local governmental entities, not private organizations or individuals.

Bill History

2026-04-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
2026-03-24 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1893, as introduced, Gallagher.
Wildfire prevention: local assistance grant program: eligible activities.
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to specified entities, including local agencies. Existing law provides that eligible activities under the local assistance grant program include, among other things, technical assistance to local agencies to improve fire prevention and reduce fire hazards and projects to improve public safety, including, but not limited to, access to emergency equipment and improvements to public evacuation routes. Existing law makes funding for this program subject to an appropriation by the Legislature.
This bill would expand eligible activities under the local assistance grant program to include projects undertaken by a local governmental
entity involving the acquisition or installation of mobile rigid dip tanks or similar mobile and permanent infrastructure that is capable of providing helicopter-accessible water supplies for firefighting response or suppression purposes in very high fire and high fire hazard severity zones, as provided.

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