As fire season gets longer and more fierce, livestock producers are going to be able to get through firelines to get to their animals.

Northstate Assemblywoman Megan Dahle was in Redding speaking to veteran service officers, but she’s also the author of Assembly Bill 1103 (AB-1103), the livestock Ag Pass bill, signed into law by Governor Newsom.

It allows livestock owners to care for their animals, and it could also benefit firefighting efforts.

“They can provide, not only, be able to gather their own cattle or their own livestock off that land and get it out safely, but they can also provide expertise to the first responders on the ground,” said Assemblywoman Dahle. “Where are there roads? Where are there gates? Where are there waterways? Because, they know, some of these permits are 10,000 acres so that they would be able to provide resources as well to the firefighters.”

Megan is from Bieber, in Lassen County, hard hit by the Dixie Fire. She says the state is helping in the recovery process.

“We’re helping in talking with our schools. In Greenville, those students have been absorbed into the other school districts locally. We’re going; the state is going. Unfortunately, we are getting better at this, which none of us really want that to be the case, but we are. With the FEMA designation and being able to move forward quickly.“

While it’s been signed, the livestock Ag Pass bill won’t become law until January. It’s a voluntary program individual counties can choose to join.