The Office of Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick reports that she is closing out her first year in the California State Assembly with a strong record of legislative accomplishments, major budget investments and a clear focus on amplifying rural voices in Sacramento.
Committee assignments
As a freshman legislator, Hadwick immediately got to work serving on key Assembly committees, including Emergency Management and Budget, along with multiple standing and select committees, and joining numerous bipartisan caucuses such as the Native American, Problem Solvers and Rural caucuses. Throughout the year, she authored and advanced legislation to directly empower constituents while ensuring Northern California had a seat at the table during critical budget negotiations, said her office.
Hadwick’s standing, sub, select and joint committee assignments are as follows:
- Agriculture, member
- Budget, member
- Business and Professions, member
- Emergency Management, vice chair
- Insurance, member
- Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance, member
- Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition, member
- Select Committee on California’s Mental Health Crisis, member
- Select Committee on Child Care Costs, member
- Select Committee on Cybersecurity, member
- Select Committee on Effective Postsecondary Career Technical Education and Workforce Development Programs, member
- Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, member
- Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability, member
- Select Committee on Master Plan for Higher Education in California, member
- Select Committee on Native American Affairs, member
- Select Committee on the Nonprofit Sector, member
- Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, member
“From day one, my priority was simple: fight for rural California and make sure our communities are not overlooked or left behind,” said Hadwick. “From wildfire recovery and public safety to education, agriculture and local control, we delivered real results for the people I represent.”
Legislative accomplishments
In 2025, Hadwick successfully guided six authored bills and 10 coauthored bills through the Legislature and onto the governor’s desk. Her office calls this “an exceptional achievement for a first-term legislator.”
Notably, Assembly Bill 584 became the first pro-Second Amendment bill signed into California law in more than 20 years, earning Hadwick the California Pistol & Rifle Association’s Legislator of the Year Award.
Hadwick’s authored bills signed into law are
- AB 438, improving emergency response by authorizing lights and sirens for local emergency vehicles
- AB 584, providing flexibility for firearms dealers to meet secure facility requirements
- AB 870, expanding children’s services partnerships for Alpine County
- AB 889, strengthening worker protections and prevents wage theft
- AB 959, expanding administrative internship pathways for educators
- AB 993, increasing funding for rural hazardous materials programs
Her coauthored bills signed into law are
- AB 1: Residential property insurance: wildfire risk
- AB 221: Tribal Nation Grant Fund
- AB 258: Fairs: allocation of revenues: gross receipts for sales and use tax
- AB 290: California FAIR Plan Association: automatic payments
- AB 468: Crimes: looting
- AB 888: California Safe Homes grant program
- AB 1264: Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition
- Senate Bill 87: Sales and Use Tax Law: consumer designation: all-volunteer fire departments
- AB 715: Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention
Hadwick secured more than $100 million in targeted funding for rural and tribal communities, including
- $2 million for the Wolf-Livestock Compensation Program, supporting ranchers impacted by wolf depredation
- $58 million for a wildfire settlement tax exemption, protecting survivors of the Slater, Dixie, Mill, McKinney and Mosquito fires
- $10 million for the Karuk Tribe Fire Training Center, strengthening wildfire preparedness and workforce development
- $20 million for Plumas County schools, supporting classrooms in fire-impacted communities
Hadwick was a leading advocate for federal Secure Rural Schools funding, working with county leaders, educators and federal partners to support schools, roads, emergency services and law enforcement in forested counties. This funding is crucial for rural California and could provide more than $19 million to support communities in the 1st Assembly District.
On Dec. 18, 2025, the president signed S.356, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act.
Looking ahead
Hadwick said she remains focused on public safety, wildfire mitigation, rural health care, education access, agriculture and ensuring state policy reflects the realities of rural California.
“This first year proved rural communities can be heard in Sacramento,” Hadwick said. “I’m proud of what Team Hadwick accomplished — and we’re just getting started.”
Additional information is available in Hadwick’s “2025 in Review” video. Full details on Hadwick’s committee assignments are available on the Assembly’s website, and her 2025 legislative package can be explored via the California legislative information website.
