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Senate Utilities Committee advances bill setting 2-year limit on wildfire claims against electric utilities
Summary
The Senate Utilities Committee voted to send House Bill 2107 to the floor with amendments establishing a two-year statute of limitations for wildfire-related claims against electric public utilities, a $5 million punitive damages cap, and a requirement that the State Corporation Commission convene a wildfire mitigation workshop by July 31, 2026.
The Senate Utilities Committee voted to pass House Bill 2107 favorably out of committee as amended, approving a two-year statute of limitations for wildfire-related claims against electric public utilities and preserving a $5 million punitive damages cap.
Nick Myers, the reviser who presented the bill, said the measure “relates to electric public utilities and unplanned wildfire events” and described its core provisions: the two-year limitations period would begin running on “the date that the plaintiff first suffers a damage” from a fire event; a plaintiff may recover economic loss if they prove by a…
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