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Bill	Wildfires.	(1) Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones, as provided. Existing law requires a local agency, within 30 days of receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones, to make the information available for public review.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 642	California AB 642 (20212022)	bill	Wildfires.	enacted	Friedman	9	30	9	2021-02-12	2021-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/eb5a0357-cfbf-416f-b374-f1b6b42c540d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB642	d6cac4fa12d297efd97d529563e165bfcfda4fd590754ff21875a35421fdf16c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 642 (20212022) — Wildfires.

(1) Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones, as provided. Existing law requires a local agency, within 30 days of receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones, to make the information available for public review.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB642 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 642 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 642 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB642 Friedman et al. By Laird — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1638.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W., G.O. and HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1719.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-08-23 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2506.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3029.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb5a0357-cfbf-416f-b374-f1b6b42c540d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).