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Appropriations Committee advances bills on wildfire insurance, health access, cybersecurity and data privacy
Summary
On April 29 the California Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a package of bills, including extensions to home-insurance protections for wildfire victims (AB 2038), rules to allow home delivery of enteral nutrition (AB 1794), nurse-midwife scope clarifications (AB 1696), and measures on election cybersecurity (AB 2281) and reproductive-health data protections (AB 2448). Many bills passed on roll calls with limited debate.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee on April 29 moved a broad set of bills forward, clearing measures on housing and insurance, health-care access, procurement, election cybersecurity, and data privacy. Committee action came after sponsor presentations and brief testimony from industry, local governments and advocacy groups. The clerk also read and the committee approved a lengthy suspense calendar.
Key measures advanced included:
- AB 2038 (Harbidian): Extends the moratorium on nonrenewals and cancellations of home-insurance policies for fire victims (from two to three years for total-loss claims; from one to two years for non-total-loss). The Department of Insurance estimated modest fiscal impacts; the sponsor described the change as a modest investment to prevent wildfire-driven displacement. The motion passed with Republicans not voting and one member recorded voting no.
- AB 1794 (Ransom): Allows enteral…
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