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Bill	Office of Emergency Services: comprehensive wildfire mitigation program.	Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1531	California AB 1531 (20252026)	bill	OfficeofEmergencyServices comprehensivewildfiremitigationprogram	enacted	Committee on Emergency Management	6	29	10	2025-03-26	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fb9f3e29-b151-4813-8d3d-d998c2d9ac37	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1531	d5cbdb1201b6d93b5cef77cfaf973a64696b135c2416ada7d6d4060b4e56a415	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1531 (20252026) — Office of Emergency Services: comprehensive wildfire mitigation program.

Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised.

Version chain

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

1. 03/26/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/14/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1531 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1531 E.M. (Ransom) By Padilla — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1531 Emergency Management Concurrence in Senate Amendments By RANSOM — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1531 E.M. Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Emergency Management — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-03-27 From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on E.M and INS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)
• 2025-04-21 (Pending re-refer to Com. on INS.)
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1665.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 From special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2626.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3185.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb9f3e29-b151-4813-8d3d-d998c2d9ac37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).