Marc Levine
- Democratic
Author
Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under an open fire insurance policy and specifies time limits under which an insured must collect the full replacement cost of the loss. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a fire insurance policy issued or delivered in the state from limiting or denying payment of the replacement cost of property if the insured decides to rebuild or replace the property at a location other than the insured premises. Existing law requires the measure of indemnity to be based upon the replacement cost of the insured property and prohibits it from being based upon the cost to repair, rebuild, or replace at a location other than the insured premises. This bill would instead prohibit, in the event of a total loss of an insured structure, a fire insurance policy issued or delivered in this state from containing a provision that limits or denies, on the basis that the insured has decided to rebuild at a new location or to purchase an already built home at a new location, payment of the building code upgrade cost or the replacement cost, including any extended replacement cost coverage, to the extent those costs are otherwise covered by the terms of the policy or any policy endorsement. The bill would prohibit the measure of indemnity from exceeding, rather than requiring it to be based upon, the replacement cost, as specified. The bill would require all policy forms issued or renewed on and after July 1, 2019, to contain these provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2051.5 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 1772 and SB 894 to be operative only if this bill, AB 1772, and SB 894 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2018.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 6081.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Glazer.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4898.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1800 | HTML |
| 01/09/18 - Introduced | |
| 04/12/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/19/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/05/18 - Enrolled | |
| 09/21/18 - Chaptered |
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