AB 1642 Wildfire Testing Standards Bill is Headed to Committee

This Tuesday, March 10, AB 1642,  the Wildfire Environmental Safety and Testing Act, will be heard by the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. Authored by Assemblymember Harabedian with Senator Pérez, Senator Allen, and Assemblymember Irwin as coauthors, it directs DTSC and other health agencies to set enforceable contaminant testing and clearance standards. For over a year, insurers have largely controlled whether indoor contaminant testing happens and how limited it is, while many homes, rentals, and PUSD schools still lack comprehensive, health-based testing.

AB 1642 changes this. Authored by Assemblymember Harabedian with Senator Pérez, Senator Allen, and Assemblymember Irwin as coauthors, it directs DTSC and other health agencies to set enforceable contaminant testing and clearance standards EFRU is incredibly grateful for all the community support behind this bill. In the course of 5 days EFRU collected 80+ organization endorsements and 600+ individual endorsements. If you were able to add your name to the list of supporters, we greatly appreciate your partnership.