2020 - Senate Bill 1348 (Stern, Henry), Wildfire Prevention (Dead)
Bill Number
SB 1348
Legislative Session
2019-2020
Bill Information
Category
Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change
Status
Dead
Author
Stern.Henry
Contact
Office of Legislative Affairs
Email
Summary
Would have amended State law to enhance fire prevention efforts by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) through improving vegetation management and home hardening, expanding the area where fire safety building standards apply, and increasing the eligible activities under CAL FIRE’s local assistance grant program. This bill would have required CAL FIRE, in consultation with CARB and the California Forest Management Task Force, to report specified outcomes of the funds spent on healthy forest and fire prevention programs and projects to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2022. Was not heard on the Assembly Floor.