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SB 899: Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke.
What SB 899 does, verified August 15, 2026
The bill aims to improve wildfire prevention and resilience in California. The task force will develop an assessment of the health costs and impacts of wildfire smoke by July 1, 2028. This assessment will include analyzing existing data and developing a model to estimate the health benefits of achieving the goals identified in the action plan. The task force will also make recommendations to increase the action plan's health benefits and reduce the health impact of smoke. Additionally, the task force will include this assessment and additional actions in the next update to the action plan.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. (2026-08-13)Alert me
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| Aug. 13, 2026 | August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. |
| Jun. 24, 2026 | June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. |
| Jun. 09, 2026 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| May. 26, 2026 | Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. |
| May. 20, 2026 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |