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 02/21/25 - Introduced

 AB-1380 Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 05/24/2025 04:00 AM

AB1380:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 May 23, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 10, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 24, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1380

Introduced by Assembly Member Elhawary

February 21, 2025

 An act to add Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4960) to Part 4 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to wildfires.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1380, as amended, Elhawary.
 Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program.

Existing law establishes in the Natural Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and requires the department to be responsible for, among other things, fire protection and prevention, as provided. 

Existing law establishes the California Conservation Camp program for the purpose of having incarcerated persons work on projects supervised by the department. Existing law requires the department to utilize incarcerated persons assigned to conservation camps in performing fire prevention, fire control, and other work at the department. 

This bill would require the department to, in partnership with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Conservation Camp program, implement a standardized process to ensure that all individuals who complete the
 department’s firefighting training program (FFT program) while incarcerated receive official written certification before their release, as specified. The bill would require this certification to be adequate for employment at the department in the classification of Fire Fighter 1.

The bill would require the department to, on or before January 1, 2027, ensure a minimum percentage of Fire Fighter 1 classification positions are reserved for the hiring of formerly incarcerated individuals, as provided.

The bill would require the department to, on or before January 1, 2027, award hiring preference under Category Placement 2 to qualified
 formerly incarcerated individuals who apply for positions with the department. 

The bill would also require the department to track the number of incarcerated individuals who have completed the FFT program to ensure a sufficient number of Fire Fighter 1 classification positions are available, program and are set to be released within 90 days, develop and implement policies and procedures to track and report the outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program, and report annually to the Legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of the program, as provided.

The bill would make these provisions operative only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for its
 purposes, as provided.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4960) is added to Part 4 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

 CHAPTER
 2. Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program

4960.

 (a) (1) Within six months from the date this chapter becomes operative, as described in subdivision (g), the department shall, in partnership with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Conservation Camp program, implement a standardized process to ensure that all individuals who successfully complete the department’s firefighting training program (FFT program) while incarcerated receive official written certification before their release from prison. That certification shall be considered adequate for employment at the department in the classification of Fire Fighter 1.

(2) The official written certification pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include, but is not limited to, the following certifications: 

(A)L­180 Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service.

(B)S­130 Wildland Fire Safety Trainin