The Assembly Insurance Committee advanced a cluster of insurance bills Tuesday, including measures touching the FAIR Plan, insurers’ use of aerial imagery, genetic data in underwriting and wildfire home-hardening grants.
According to the committee hearing transcript, lawmakers moved AB 1680, which was described as a FAIR Plan accountability and transparency bill. The panel also advanced AB 1559, a consumer-protection measure focused on insurer use of aerial imagery in underwriting and nonrenewal decisions.
The transcript also shows debate over AB 1798, which would bar insurers from using genetic data in underwriting, and AB 1888, described as creating or supporting a California Safe Homes Grant Program for wildfire home-hardening upgrades.
The excerpt available from the hearing indicates the committee later called roll on AB 1800, AB 2038 and AB 2198, but it does not provide enough detail to report their substance or the exact vote breakdowns. The transcript excerpt is also incomplete, so the exact roll-call tallies and any amendments on the four advanced bills should be confirmed before publication on those specifics.
