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CA AB2367

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/18/2020

Primary Sponsor

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the Wildfire Resilience Task Force composed of the Insurance Commissioner, Director of the Office of Emergency Services, and State Fire Marshal to establish minimum standards for fire-hardened homes and communities.

  • Requires admitted insurers offering residential property insurance to provide their most commonly offered coverage to applicants who own a residence meeting the task force's fire-hardened home and community standards with an estimated replacement cost consistent with the insurer's underwriting guidelines.

  • Allows the Insurance Commissioner to promulgate regulations permitting insurers to deny coverage based on overconcentration of regional risk, extreme wildfire exposure, or non-wildfire underwriting reasons.

  • Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate regulations to incentivize homeowner wildfire mitigation actions through insurance premium adjustments.

  • Includes residences rebuilt after wildfire destruction in properties eligible for required insurance coverage if located in a development established before the standards were developed.

Legislative Description

Residential property insurance: wildfire resilience.

Last Action

Re-referred to Com. on INS.

5/5/2020

Committee Referrals

Insurance3/12/2020

Full Bill Text

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