Bill Commons

CA AB 1

enacted

Residential property insurance: wildfire risk.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-09. Latest recorded action (2025-10-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1 about?

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including property and fire insurance. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing department regulations prohibit an insurer from using a rating plan that does not take into account and reflect specified wildfire risk mitigation, including property-level building hardening measures. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, to consider whether or not to update its regulations to include additional building hardening measures for property-level mitigation efforts and communitywide wildfire mitigation programs. As part of this consideration, the bill would require the department to consult with specified agencies to identify additional building hardening measures to consider, as well as to develop and implement a public participation process during the evaluation.

Who sponsors CA AB 1?

Connolly is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including property and fire insurance. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing department regulations prohibit an insurer from using a rating plan that does not take into account and reflect specified wildfire risk mitigation, including property-level building hardening measures. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, and every 5 years thereafter, to consider whether or not to update its regulations to include additional building hardening measures for property-level mitigation efforts and communitywide wildfire mitigation programs. As part of this consideration, the bill would require the department to consult with specified agencies to identify additional building hardening measures to consider, as well as to develop and implement a public participation process during the evaluation.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-10-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
2026-07-09T05:42:01.587426Z

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Connollyauthor
  • Addiscoauthor
  • Alvarezcoauthor
  • Ávila Faríascoauthor
  • Calderoncoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Hadwickcoauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Krellcoauthor
  • Petrie-Norriscoauthor
  • Rivascoauthor
  • Rogerscoauthor
  • Schiavocoauthor
  • Allencoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Com. on INS.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-02

    Coauthors revised.

  6. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1815.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  10. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  11. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on INS.

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  13. 2025-07-09

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  14. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  16. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  18. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  19. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  20. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2886.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  21. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  22. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  23. 2025-10-09

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  24. 2025-10-09

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Addis: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ellis: yes
  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other
  • AB 1 Connolly Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Niello: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB1 Connolly et al. By Allen

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from ca_session_collision_repair/2026-09-02, retrieved 2026-09-03T02:10:57.630031Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=CA&identifier=AB 1. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.