Prisons: death benefit for incarcerated firefighters.

Header changed from Senate-amended format to enrolled bill format, adding passage dates for both chambers (Assembly September 12, 2025; Senate September 11, 2025) and a gubernatorial approval signature block.

Line numbers that appeared in the amended version were removed from the enrolled text.

The standard notation 'Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.' was removed, as is customary for enrolled bills.

Added 'and resulting from' causation language to all three qualifying circumstances in Section 2780.6(b). Previously, dying during the performance of duties was sufficient; now the death must be caused by those duties. This narrows who qualifies for the death benefit.

Removed the phrase 'subject to any applicable provisions of state law' from Section 2780.6(a), making the Department's obligation to pay the death benefit more unconditional and less subject to other legal limitations.

In paragraph (1), removed the specific reference to 'fighting fires' and replaced it with the broader term 'an active deployment.' Combined with the new causation requirement, this shifts from a narrow activity-based trigger to a broader deployment-based one with a causal link.

In paragraph (2), added the word 'exercises' after 'training' to specify 'firefighter Conservation Camp training exercises,' slightly narrowing the scope of covered activities.

Assembly Members Bryan and Elhawary were added as coauthors of the bill.

Header changed from 'Assembly Bill No. 799' with legislative passage dates to 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' with 'CHAPTER 711' designation.

The blank Governor signature line and 'Private Secretary of the Governor' block was replaced with '[Approved by Governor October 13, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 13, 2025.]'

Page headers changed from 'AB 799' to 'Ch. 711' and page numbering was adjusted throughout the document.

Added a carve-out stating the death benefit applies 'Notwithstanding paragraph (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 3370 of the Labor Code,' which overrides a specific workers' compensation provision that could otherwise prevent payment of the benefit.

Changed covered training from 'firefighter training' to 'Conservation Camp training,' narrowing the type of training that qualifies for the death benefit to only that conducted within the Conservation Camp program.

Changed the first qualifying circumstance from 'fighting fires' to 'an active deployment,' broadening coverage beyond just fire suppression to any active deployment assignment.

Replaced 'crew member' and 'crew members' with 'individual hand crew member' and 'incarcerated individual hand crew members' throughout, aligning the bill's language with existing statutory terminology used in the Conservation Camp program.