2025 – Assembly Bill 687 (Patterson, Joe), Forestry: Timber Operations: Maintenance of Timberlands for Fuels Reduction (2-Year)
Bill Number
AB 687
Legislative Session
2025-2026
Bill Information
Category
Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, CEQA
Status
2-year
Author
Patterson.Joe
Contact
Office of Legislative Affairs
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Authorizes up to 35 projects per year that are exclusively for noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction in timberland, less than 1,500 acres in size, and paid for in part or in whole with public funds, to prepare a timber harvesting plan as an alternative to complying with CEQA. The provision expires on January 1, 2031. Was not heard in the Senate Committee of Natural Resources and Water Committee.