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Authors Wallis  
Coauthors: Chen   Dixon   Essayli   Gallagher   Jeff Gonzalez   Hoover   Macedo   Patterson   Sanchez   Ta  
Subject Criminal penalties: wildfires.
Relating To relating to wildfires.
Title An act to amend Section 452 of the Penal Code, relating to wildfires.
Last Action Dt 2025-01-28
State Introduced
Status Died
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Bill Actions
2025-04-02     From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
2025-03-04     In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
2025-02-10     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-01-29     From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
2025-01-28     Read first time. To print.
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Introduced     2025-01-28
Analyses TBD
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Existing law prohibits unlawfully causing a fire by recklessly setting fire to, burning, or causing to be burned, any structure, forest land, or property. A violation of this prohibition that causes great bodily injury, that causes an inhabited structure or property to burn, or that causes a fire of a structure or forest land is punishable either as a felony or a misdemeanor.