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Senate committee advances bill to create statewide community fire-hardening commission
Summary
The Senate Insurance Committee advanced SB 616, which would establish an independent California Community Fire Hardening Commission within the Department of Insurance to create consistent, data-driven wildfire mitigation standards and post‑catastrophe reports.
Senator Rubio, chair of the Senate Insurance Committee, presented SB 616 on the committee floor and the measure was advanced to the Judiciary Committee after committee members voted unanimously to pass it out of committee.
The bill would create an independent California Community Fire Hardening Commission within the Department of Insurance. "SB 616 will create an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance," Senator Rubio said, describing the panel as a vehicle to "bring together state and local government entities, as well as experts and stakeholders to create consistent data driven standards to guide statewide fire mitigation policies and…
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