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AB 1642STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Wildfires: contamination standards.

Voted 9/15/2026View source

Summary

Existing law establishes the Department of Toxic Substances Control, which regulates the handling and management of hazardous waste and hazardous materials, and establishes the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the State Air Resources Board. Existing federal law sets action levels for lead in dust and emission standards for asbestos, and existing state law sets workplace standards for asbestos. Existing law authorizes local health officers to take specified actions to protect public health and establishes procedures for the remediation of certain contaminated properties. This bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and other relevant coordinating agencies, on or before December 31, 2028, to develop and adopt regulations pertaining to lead and asbestos testing, remediation, and restoration after a wildfire and, on or before December 31, 2029, to develop and publish guidance pertaining to specified other contaminants, as provided. The bill would require the State Air Resources Board, on or before December 31, 2028, to develop and publish guidance on indoor air contaminants following residential smoke damage from a wildfire, as provided. The bill would provide that, until the adoption of the regulations and guidance, specified lead and asbestos standards shall apply for wildfire-caused lead and asbestos remediation, as provided. The bill would require the department, in collaboration with the State Department of Education and other relevant state agencies, no later than July 1, 2028, to develop advisory, nonregulatory guidance for schools after a wildfire, as provided. The bill would exempt the regulations and guidance from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would become operative only if AB 1795 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2027.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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How representatives voted

88 yea·5 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 9/15/2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 239, Statutes of 2026.
  2. 9/15/2026Approved by the Governor.
  3. 9/11/2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
  4. 8/31/2026Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 1. Page 7054.).
  5. 8/31/2026Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 7054.)
  6. 8/31/2026In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  7. 8/31/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2.).
  8. 8/30/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. 8/28/2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  10. 8/13/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.