California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

AB 1923 — Residential property insurance: wildfires: consolidated debris removal.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing federal law directs the federal government to provide various forms of assistance to state and local governments that have jurisdiction over a designated area that has been declared a major disaster area, as specified, including the removal of debris from the affected area. Existing federal law generally prohibits providing direct assistance to an individual or private organization for the cost of removing debris from their own property, except as specified. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, confers upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of this state specified emergency powers and provides for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of the emergency programs of those political subdivisions. A "state of emergency," for purposes of the act, includes the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster caused by various conditions, including fire, which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat. Existing law generally governs the business of insurance in the state, including, among other things, residential real property insurance disclosures. This bill would require an insurer for a residential property insurance policy, if a consolidated debris removal program, in which a residential property owner who has insurance in effect at the time of a wildfire that provides coverage for debris removal voluntarily assigns any rights, benefits, and proceeds for that coverage to a county or designated agency and makes any benefits and proceeds directly payable to that county or designated agency, is implemented following a state of emergency, to provide the assignee with relevant policy and claim information and to issue payment directly to the assignee, as specified. The bill would provide that a residential property owner who makes an assignment by executing a right of entry form is not liable for any additional costs of the debris removal in the designated area in which the debris removal program is implemented.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. Read second time and amended.

  5. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18).

  6. Referred to Com. on INS.

  7. From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

  8. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (121)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1923 do?
Existing federal law directs the federal government to provide various forms of assistance to state and local governments that have jurisdiction over a designated area that has been declared a major disaster area, as specified, including the removal of debris from the affected area. Existing federal law generally prohibits providing direct assistance to an individual or private organization for the cost of removing debris from their own property, except as specified. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, confers upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of this state specified emergency powers and provides for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of the emergency programs of those political subdivisions. A "state of emergency," for purposes of the act, includes the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster caused by various conditions, including fire, which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat. Existing law generally governs the business of insurance in the state, including, among other things, residential real property insurance disclosures. This bill would require an insurer for a residential property insurance policy, if a consolidated debris removal program, in which a residential property owner who has insurance in effect at the time of a wildfire that provides coverage for debris removal voluntarily assigns any rights, benefits, and proceeds for that coverage to a county or designated agency and makes any benefits and proceeds directly payable to that county or designated agency, is implemented following a state of emergency, to provide the assignee with relevant policy and claim information and to issue payment directly to the assignee, as specified. The bill would provide that a residential property owner who makes an assignment by executing a right of entry form is not liable for any additional costs of the debris removal in the designated area in which the debris removal program is implemented.
Who sponsors AB 1923?
AB 1923 is sponsored by Limón, Monique (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1923?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1923?
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