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CA AB2367
Bill
Status
2/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate regulations to incentivize homeowner wildfire mitigation actions through insurance premium adjustments.
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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