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California 20252026

AB 1749

Interfering with wildfire suppression and emergency responses with drone.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Interferingwithwildfiresuppressionandemergencyresponseswithdrone
Introduced / first action
2026-02-09 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Impeding emergency response with drone.
  • Interfering with wildfire suppression with drone.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law makes it a crime for a person to operate or use an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone at the scene of an emergency for the purpose of viewing the scene or emergency or military personnel, and thereby impede the emergency or military personnel, in the performance of their duties in coping with the emergency. Existing law excuses a local public entity or public employee from liability for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the local public entity or public employee of a local public entity was providing, and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with, the operation, support, or enabling of any emergency service, as specified. Existing law makes everyone responsible for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person, as provided. This bill would prohibit a person from operating or using an unmanned aerial vehicle, remote-piloted aircraft, or drone to knowingly or recklessly interfere with, among other things, a wildfire suppression or law enforcement or emergency response efforts related to a wildfire suppression. The bill would authorize the Attorney General or a county counsel or city attorney to bring civil action to enforce the prohibition and authorize a prevailing plaintiff to recover civil penalties, injunctive relief, or reasonable attorney's fees and costs, as specified.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  12. Referred to Coms. on E.M. and JUD.

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  13. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)

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  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  17. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  21. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.M. Read second time and amended.

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  25. Referred to Coms. on E.M and JUD.

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  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  27. Read first time. To print.

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