California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1439 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/06/2021

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1439Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 19, 2021 An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1439, as amended, Levine. Residential property Property insurance discounts.Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential and commercial property insurance. The Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 103, as approved by the voters at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified insurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect that 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, for which there may be a hearing, as prescribed. 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 require a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, to include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program. Because the bill would mandate discounts for specified residential property insurance policies, thus affecting the commissioners consideration of a rate, the bill would amend Proposition 103.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. Wildfire Areas2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1439Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 19, 2021 An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1439, as amended, Levine. Residential property Property insurance discounts.Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential and commercial property insurance. The Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 103, as approved by the voters at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified insurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect that 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, for which there may be a hearing, as prescribed. 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 require a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, to include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program. Because the bill would mandate discounts for specified residential property insurance policies, thus affecting the commissioners consideration of a rate, the bill would amend Proposition 103.Digest Key Vote: 2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2021

Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2021

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 1439

Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 19, 2021

Introduced by Assembly Member Levine
February 19, 2021

 An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1439, as amended, Levine. Residential property Property insurance discounts.

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential and commercial property insurance. The Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 103, as approved by the voters at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified insurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect that 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, for which there may be a hearing, as prescribed. 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 require a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, to include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program. Because the bill would mandate discounts for specified residential property insurance policies, thus affecting the commissioners consideration of a rate, the bill would amend Proposition 103.

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential and commercial property insurance. The Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act of 1988, an initiative measure enacted by Proposition 103, as approved by the voters at the November 8, 1988, statewide general election, prohibits specified insurance rates from being approved or remaining in effect that 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, for which there may be a hearing, as prescribed. 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 require a residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, to include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program. Because the bill would mandate discounts for specified residential property insurance policies, thus affecting the commissioners consideration of a rate, the bill would amend Proposition 103.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. Wildfire Areas2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. Wildfire Areas2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.

SECTION 1. Article 4 (commencing with Section 2090) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

 Article 4. Wildfire Areas2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.

 Article 4. Wildfire Areas2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.

 Article 4. Wildfire Areas

 Article 4. Wildfire Areas

2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.



2090. A residential or commercial property insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, shall include a discount if a local government of the jurisdiction where the insured property is located funds a local wildfire protection or mitigation program, either by ordinance or by a measure approved by the voters.