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Insurance committee backs SB 616 to create wildfire community‑hardening commission in Department of Insurance
Summary
Senate Bill 616, which would create a community‑hardening commission in the Department of Insurance to produce coordinated wildfire mitigation standards and data sharing, passed the Assembly Insurance Committee and advanced to Appropriations.
Sen. Lena Rubio’s SB 616 passed the Assembly Insurance Committee after testimony from the Department of Insurance and a range of local governments and wildfire stakeholders. The bill would establish an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance to evaluate existing building and community mitigation practices, recommend statewide standards, and oversee a framework for wildfire data sharing and post‑catastrophe reporting to inform future mitigation.
Josephine Figueroa, Deputy Commissioner and Legislative Director for the Department of Insurance, presented the bill as a way to "align…
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