AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 9, 2026

AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 23, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

97

Introduced by Senator Alvarado-Gil

(Coauthors: Senators Dahle and Ochoa Bogh)

February 18, 2026

An act to add Section 4771.7 to the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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 5 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 prioritize those state efforts to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface identified in the action plan for 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 Codes that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies sold since 2019.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 4771.7 is added to the Public Resources Code, immediately following Section 4771.6, to read:

4771.7.

In order to reduce wildfire hazards and improve both the availability and affordability of homeowners’ insurance, the 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 prioritize those state efforts to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface identified in the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan for 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 Codes that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies, as established in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 10090) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, sold since 2019.