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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 2037

Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or the least restrictive homelike environments. This bill would establish the Wildfire Mitigation Aging and Disability Grant Pilot Program to be administered by the California Department of Aging through specified area agencies on aging, including Planning and Service Areas 4, 29, and 33. Upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, the bill would award grants, based on specified criteria, to seniors and individuals with disabilities to mitigate against wildfires on properties they own that they would not otherwise be able to protect with existing resources. The bill would require the area agencies on aging to award grants on a competitive basis and would require applications to contain specified information, including proof of need. The bill would also authorize the grant funding to be used towards the costs associated with hiring contractors or other qualified service providers to perform wildfire mitigation activities. The bill would also require the area agencies on aging to retain specified information and report that information to the department upon the completion of the pilot program, including the number of applicants and the amount of money distributed. This bill would make these provisions inoperative on January 1, 2030, and would repeal these provisions on that date.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 3, 2026
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jun 29, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
May 28, 2026
House		AB 2037 Patterson Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
House		Do pass as amended.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 21, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see

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