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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire prevention: vegetation management: public education: grants: defensible space: fire hazard severity zones."
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description: "(1) Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on specified criteria. Existing law requires a local agency, within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones, to make the information available for public review, as provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 63"
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citation: "California SB 63 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fire prevention: vegetation management: public education: grants: defensible space: fire hazard severity zones."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2021-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44b856a-6120-4872-b252-bbd1e260d868"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63"
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source_hash: "09be281dc69889bfda69c44cc2fcd981ced121f5b575642219af61bea4185c50"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 63 (20212022) — Fire prevention: vegetation management: public education: grants: defensible space: fire hazard severity zones.
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(1) Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on specified criteria. Existing law requires a local agency, within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones, to make the information available for public review, as provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6399INT)
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2. **05/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6398AMD)
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3. **06/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6397AMD)
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4. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6396AMD)
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5. **09/02/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6395AMD)
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6. **09/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6394AMD)
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7. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6392CHP)
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8. **SB63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63)
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9. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB63&version=20210SB6393ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 63 Stern Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB63 Stern et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stern — primary (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-17** Set for hearing March 16.
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- **2021-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 519.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 986.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17.
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- **2021-05-17** May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-18** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1275.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3131.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2635.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 382, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e44b856a-6120-4872-b252-bbd1e260d868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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