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AB 2586: Fire prevention: air quality and smoke monitoring.
What AB 2586 does, verified February 24, 2026
This bill aims to enhance air quality and smoke monitoring in California. The state would develop and fund a program to improve air quality and smoke monitoring, and a public awareness campaign would be provided regarding prescribed burns. The bill makes a nonsubstantive change to the existing provision, without adding or removing any significant details.
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| Feb. 21, 2026 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. |
| Feb. 20, 2026 | Read first time. To print. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2026 · 224 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2586
| Introduced by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez |
February 20, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 4495 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2586, as introduced, Celeste Rodriguez. Fire prevention: air quality and smoke monitoring.
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the State Air Resources Board to develop and fund a program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to enhance air quality and smoke monitoring, and to provide a public awareness campaign regarding prescribed burns.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 4495 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:4495.
In coordination with local air pollution control and air quality management districts, the department and the State Air Resources Board shall develop and fund a program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to enhance air quality and smoke monitoring, and to provide a public awareness campaign regarding prescribed burns. The program may include, but need not be limited to, purchasing new, rapidly deployable air quality monitors. The program shall include adequate funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for local air pollution control and air quality management district participation and implementation costs.Text of AB 2586 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions