Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the office to aid in the enforcement of specified laws and ordinances relating to fires or fire prevention and protection. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to prepare and adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire and panic in connection with the use of tents, awnings, or other fabric enclosures. Existing law provides that it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish, maintain, or operate a specified event in or under which 10 or more persons may gather for any lawful purpose in any tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure unless a tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure, and all auxiliary tents, curtains, drops, awnings, and all decorative materials, are made from a nonflammable material or are treated and maintained in a flame-retardant condition. Existing law provides specified exceptions to the above-described provision.
California AB 267 (20232024) — Fire protection: tents: nonflammable materials.
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the office to aid in the enforcement of specified laws and ordinances relating to fires or fire prevention and protection. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to prepare and adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire and panic in connection with the use of tents, awnings, or other fabric enclosures. Existing law provides that it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish, maintain, or operate a specified event in or under which 10 or more persons may gather for any lawful purpose in any tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure unless a tent, awning, or other fabric enclosure, and all auxiliary tents, curtains, drops, awnings, and all decorative materials, are made from a nonflammable material or are treated and maintained in a flame-retardant condition. Existing law provides specified exceptions to the above-described provision.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
AB 267 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 267 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2023-02-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-02-13 Re-referred to Com. on E.M. referral-committee
2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1362.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-05 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
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2392.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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