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| 1 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1227Introduced by Assembly Members Essayli and Gallagher(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Flora, Sanchez, and Wallis)February 21, 2025 An act to add Section 21080.06 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1227, as introduced, Essayli. California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: wildfire prevention projects.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements certain projects.This bill would exempt a wildfire prevention project, as described, from the requirements of CEQA, except as provided. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. | |
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| 3 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1227Introduced by Assembly Members Essayli and Gallagher(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Flora, Sanchez, and Wallis)February 21, 2025 An act to add Section 21080.06 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1227, as introduced, Essayli. California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: wildfire prevention projects.The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements certain projects.This bill would exempt a wildfire prevention project, as described, from the requirements of CEQA, except as provided. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES | |
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| 7 | - | Amended IN Assembly April 11, 2025 | |
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| 9 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 13 | 13 | No. 1227 | |
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| 15 | + | Introduced by Assembly Members Essayli and Gallagher(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Flora, Sanchez, and Wallis)February 21, 2025 | |
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| 17 | - | Introduced by Assembly Members Essayli | |
| 17 | + | Introduced by Assembly Members Essayli and Gallagher(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alanis, Castillo, Davies, DeMaio, Flora, Sanchez, and Wallis) | |
| 18 | 18 | February 21, 2025 | |
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| 20 | 20 | An act to add Section 21080.06 to the Public Resources Code, relating to environmental quality. | |
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| 22 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 24 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 26 | - | AB 1227, as | |
| 26 | + | AB 1227, as introduced, Essayli. California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: wildfire prevention projects. | |
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| 28 | 28 | The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements certain projects.This bill would exempt a wildfire prevention project, as described, from the requirements of CEQA, except as provided. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. | |
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| 30 | 30 | The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report (EIR) on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA exempts from its requirements certain projects. | |
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| 32 | 32 | This bill would exempt a wildfire prevention project, as described, from the requirements of CEQA, except as provided. Because a lead agency would be required to determine whether a project qualifies for this exemption, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. | |
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| 34 | 34 | The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. | |
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| 36 | 36 | This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. | |
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| 38 | 38 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 40 | 40 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 42 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation | |
| 42 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. | |
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| 44 | 44 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 46 | 46 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 48 | - | SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, | |
| 48 | + | SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management. | |
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| 50 | 50 | SECTION 1. Section 21080.06 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: | |
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| 52 | 52 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 54 | - | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, | |
| 54 | + | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management. | |
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| 56 | - | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, | |
| 56 | + | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management. | |
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| 58 | - | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, | |
| 58 | + | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project.(b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management. | |
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| 62 | 62 | 21080.06. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 4799.05, this division does not apply to a wildfire prevention project. | |
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| 64 | - | (b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, | |
| 64 | + | (b) For purposes of this section, wildfire prevention project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of fuel breaks, fuels reduction, roadside fuels reduction, forest thinning, prescribed fire, reforestation, timber harvesting, fuel treatments in the wildland-urban interface, dead fuel removal, and other projects that reasonably could be considered fuels reduction or vegetation management. | |
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| 66 | 66 | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. | |
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| 68 | 68 | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. | |
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| 70 | 70 | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code. | |
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| 72 | 72 | ### SEC. 2. |