Marie Alvarado-Gil
- Republican
- Senator
- District 4
Author
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health and sets forth its powers and duties pertaining to, among other things, protecting, preserving, and advancing public health. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with specified stakeholders, to develop a plan, addressing specified issues, with recommendations and guidelines for counties to use in the case of a significant air quality event caused by wildfires or other sources. This bill, the Wildfire Smoke and Health Outcomes Data Act, would require the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, to create, operate, and maintain a statewide integrated wildfire smoke and health data platform no later than July 1, 2026, that, among other things, would integrate wildfire smoke and health data from multiple databases. Under the bill, the purposes for the data platform would include providing adequate information to understand the negative health impacts on California's population caused by wildfire smoke and evaluating the effectiveness of investments in forest health and wildfire mitigation on health outcomes in California. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, to develop, among other things, protocols for data sharing, documentation, quality control, and promotion of open-source platforms and decision support tools related to wildfire smoke and health data. This bill would authorize the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, where appropriate, to utilize data from existing sources, including open source data and other external data, for purposes of implementing the act. This bill would create the Wildfire Smoke and Health Administration Fund. Under the bill, moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation, to the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force for the collection, management, and improvement of wildfire smoke and health data for the purposes of the act. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4208.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3965.) (May 16).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3660.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 17.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3379.) (March 20).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing March 20.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB945 | HTML |
| 01/18/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/21/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/13/24 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/18/24- Senate Health | |
| 04/15/24- Senate Environmental Quality | |
| 04/26/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/16/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/21/24- Assembly Health | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Natural Resources | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations |
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