---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire prevention fees: state responsibility areas."
description: "Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each structure, defined as a building used or intended to be used for human habitation, on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2048"
citation: "California AB 2048 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire prevention fees: state responsibility areas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d1191d6-379c-4e11-8c7b-0d55e7ff0f1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048"
source_hash: "5cc1c867e6555253ac063a56a4349dbad3d57c64698f5ef8f24e1cae439f1223"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2048 (20132014) — Fire prevention fees: state responsibility areas.

Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each structure, defined as a building used or intended to be used for human habitation, on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048&version=20130AB204899INT)
2. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048&version=20130AB204898AMD)
3. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048&version=20130AB204897AMD)
4. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048&version=20130AB204895CHP)
5. **AB2048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048)
6. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2048&version=20130AB204896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2048 DAHLE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2048 DAHLE Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2048 Dahle By Gaines — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)
- Chesbro — author (person)
- Gaines — principal coauthor (person)
- Gordon — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5179.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4617.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6239.)
- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6243.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 895, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d1191d6-379c-4e11-8c7b-0d55e7ff0f1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).