Fire prevention activities: local assistance grant program.
Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a working group, consisting of specified members, to identify potential incentives for landowners to implement prefire activities, as defined, in state responsibility areas and urban wildland communities and to identify all federal, state, or local programs, private programs, and any other programs requiring a cost share that involves prefire activities.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 1956
California AB 1956 (20172018)
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Fire prevention activities: local assistance grant program.
California AB 1956 (20172018) — Fire prevention activities: local assistance grant program.
Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a working group, consisting of specified members, to identify potential incentives for landowners to implement prefire activities, as defined, in state responsibility areas and urban wildland communities and to identify all federal, state, or local programs, private programs, and any other programs requiring a cost share that involves prefire activities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1956 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1956 Limón By Jackson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1956 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-30 From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
2018-02-08 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2018-03-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2018-04-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-04-16 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2018-05-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-05-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5415.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-08-06 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-08-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5940.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6992.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30299b9f-3ce0-4ed1-b1a6-8c94030e8e6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).