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AB 1933: Wildfire risk models.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-05-29: Referred to Com. on INS.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Enacted

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Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including property and fire insurance. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the departments powers and duties. Existing department regulations set forth requirements and limitations for wildfire risk models used to measure or assess the wildfire risk associated with a residential or commercial structure for classifying structures according to their wildfire risk or estimating losses corresponding to wildfire risk classifications.

On or before January 1, 2026, and on or before each January 1 thereafter, this bill would require the department to report to the Assembly Committee on Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance regarding wildfire risk models it regulates.

Existing law, as enacted in the Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, approved by the voters as Proposition 103 at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified insurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect if they are excessive, inadequate, unfairly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of the act. The act requires an insurer that wishes to change a rate to file a complete rate application with the Insurance Commissioner and deems the application approved 60 days after the rate application is received by the commissioner, unless specified circumstances apply. Existing law authorizes the provisions of Proposition 103 to be amended by a statute that furthers the purposes of the act and is enacted by the Legislature with a 2/3 vote. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Discussed in Hearing

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May 21, 2024

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