---
type: "Bill"
title: "State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees."
description: "Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged annually on each habitable structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area. Existing law requires the fee to be levied upon the owner of a habitable structure if that person owns the structure on July 1 of the year for which the fee is due."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 301"
citation: "California AB 301 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad317c74-5d95-4983-9561-283ff5d83d70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301"
source_hash: "bca47280654d2f0c65b6675d2110eb0168171e0a9949daffe298fc9376a9d3d0"
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 301 (20152016) — State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees.

Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged annually on each habitable structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area. Existing law requires the fee to be levied upon the owner of a habitable structure if that person owns the structure on July 1 of the year for which the fee is due.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301&version=20150AB30199INT)
2. **04/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301&version=20150AB30198AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301&version=20150AB30197AMD)
4. **07/15/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301&version=20150AB30195CHP)
5. **AB301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301)
6. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB301&version=20150AB30196ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 301 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 301 BIGELOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bigelow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1222.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1665.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2225.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad317c74-5d95-4983-9561-283ff5d83d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).