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Senate committee concurs in House Bill 136 to allow insurer premium reductions for home preventive measures
Summary
The Senate Business and Labor Committee voted to concur in House Bill 136 as amended, approving language that would let insurers offer premium reductions to policyholders who install certain preventive measures such as fire alarms and comply with wildland-urban interface code provisions. The bill moves to the Senate floor.
The Senate Business and Labor Committee on an unspecified date voted to concur in House Bill 136 as amended, a proposal to permit insurers to provide benefits or premium reductions to policyholders who undertake specified preventive measures.
The committee adopted an amendment that adds specific qualifying measures to the bill’s Section 1, including installing fire alarms and complying with the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code. Senator Fitzpatrick, the sponsor, described the changes as additional language clarifying “the preventive measures that the homeowners can take, that would help them out with the premium reduction.”
Committee discussion on the amendment was limited. Members agreed the amendment addressed earlier concerns, then approved it by voice vote. The committee then voted by voice to concur in the bill as amended; the clerk announced that House Bill 136 “passes Senate Business and Labor, and we’ll move to the floor.”
The action before the committee was procedural: concurrence with a House-passed bill and approval of a clarifying amendment. The committee record does not show a roll-call tally for the final concurrence vote.
House Bill 136 now advances from Senate Business and Labor to the full Senate for further consideration; additional amendments could still be offered on the floor.
