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Bill	Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports.	Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and requires the department to be responsible for, among other things, fire protection and prevention, as provided. The former Governor, Edmund G. Brown Jr., issued an executive order relating to, among other subjects, the streamlining of permitting for landowner-initiated projects for the improvement of forest health and the reduction of forest fire fuels on their properties. Pursuant to this executive order, a Forest Management Task Force involving specified state agencies was convened and an action plan was created.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 456	California SB 456 (20212022)	bill	Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports.	enacted	Laird	9	33	8	2021-02-16	2021-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/924a7f4f-196c-469c-9cb4-233fe67b1e6a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB456	d472cfabac56eab5a92a7b2fa8e9932b957ce753f2c669f85301cababc256a72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 456 (20212022) — Fire prevention: wildfire and forest resilience: action plan: reports.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and requires the department to be responsible for, among other things, fire protection and prevention, as provided. The former Governor, Edmund G. Brown Jr., issued an executive order relating to, among other subjects, the streamlining of permitting for landowner-initiated projects for the improvement of forest health and the reduction of forest fire fuels on their properties. Pursuant to this executive order, a Forest Management Task Force involving specified state agencies was convened and an action plan was created.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB456 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB456 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 456 Laird Senate Third Reading By Wood — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB456 Laird et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2021-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1350.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2617.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-02 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2357.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 387, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/924a7f4f-196c-469c-9cb4-233fe67b1e6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).