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AB-2075 • 2026

Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.

Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.

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Sponsor
Bennett
Last action
Official status
Senate - Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.

AB 2075, as amended, Bennett.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 2075, as amended, Bennett.
  • Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.
  • (1) Under existing law, a person is prohibited from using or operating, on or near specified lands during a time of the year when burning permits are required, a motor engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate without complying with specified requirements, including the requirement to maintain one serviceable round point shovel and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation.
  • Existing law prohibits a person, except a member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of a service vehicle owned or operated by or for, or operated under contract with, a publicly or privately owned utility, as provided, from using or operating any vehicle, machine, tool, or equipment powered by an internal combustion engine operated on hydrocarbon fuels in an industrial operation located on specified 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 in a fire toolbox in specified amounts, manners, and locations.

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Third Reading

Official Summary Text

Forestry: safety requirements: fire equipment: internal combustion engines.