20250SB__116297AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-18 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-03-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-04-09 2025 SB AMD Introduced by Senator Alvarado-Gil (Coauthors: Senators Dahle and Ochoa Bogh) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Gallagher) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Alvarado-Gil COAUTHOR SENATE Dahle COAUTHOR SENATE Ochoa Bogh COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gallagher

An act to add

Section 4771.7 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention. fire prevention Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: FAIR Plan policies: wildland-urban interface. The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate in administering a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels.

Existing law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 1, 2026, and every years thereafter, the task force to update the action plan.

This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before June 30, 2027, and in consultation with the Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association, to make recommendations to the task force regarding specific wildfire risk reduction measures that would reduce the regional risk profile for high-hazard landscapes and communities, particularly those ZIP Codes that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies sold since 2019. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 4771.7 is added to the Public Resources Code , immediately following

Section 4771.6 , to read: 4771.7. The department shall, on or before June 30, 2027, and in consultation with the Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association, make recommendations to the task force regarding specific wildfire risk reduction measures that would reduce the regional risk profile for high-hazard landscapes and communities, particularly those ZIP Codes that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies, as established in

Chapter 9 (commencing with

Section 10090) of Part of Division of the Insurance Code, sold since 2019.