CALL JUNE 29–30: URGE THE SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE TO PASS AB 1642 AND STOP AB 1795

Please complete EFRU’s Call to Action on Monday, June 29, or Tuesday, June 30. Contact members of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and urge them to vote YES on AB 1642 and NO on AB 1795
at the committee’s July 1 hearing.

CALL TO ACTION

Learn about AB 1642 here. Read about AB 1795 below.

Hello Fire Recovery Partners,

Because of the calls, emails, and advocacy of fire survivors and supporters across California, Assemblymember Gipson agreed to amend AB 1795 to address critical concerns raised by our communities.

Thank you to everyone who took action. Your voices made that commitment possible.

However, AB 1795 will be heard by the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, and the promised amendments have still not been added to the bill.

AB 1795 is an insurance bill being presented by Insurance Commissioner Lara and Assemblymember Gipson as a protection for fire survivors. But as currently written, it would do more harm than good. It does not guarantee access to comprehensive, science-based testing or remediation. Instead, it contains significant loopholes that could allow insurers to avoid meaningful testing and cleanup while codifying many of the same barriers fire survivors are already struggling against.

Until the promised amendments are placed into the bill, EFRU continues to urge legislators to oppose AB 1795 unless amended and hold it in committee.

We now need the Senate Environmental Quality Committee to hear directly from fire survivors, health professionals, environmental advocates, community organizations, and recovery partners about why AB 1795 must not move forward without enforceable protections.

Please join EFRU’s Call to Action to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee and urge committee members to oppose AB 1795 unless the promised amendments are added.

If you have not already done so, please sign on to the “Oppose Unless Amended” position letter. Hundreds of individuals and organizations have already joined us in calling for legislation that protects survivors’ access to meaningful testing, remediation, and recovery.

Your continued advocacy has already changed the course of this bill. Now we must make sure those promised changes are actually included before it moves forward.

In solidarity,

Jane Lawton Potelle

If you would like to show your support for EFRU’s position, join hundreds of others in signing the position letter.

Add Your Support: Click Here to Sign‍ ‍EFRU’s Position Letter on 1795‍ ‍