CA AB 1554
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1554 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 1554 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-12): In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
What is CA AB 1554 about?
Existing law establishes the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) , administered under the authority of the Insurance Commissioner, to transact insurance in this state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance. Existing law requires the CEA to annually report to the Legislature and the commissioner on the CEA's program operations, including the financial condition of the authority, and to post the report on the CEA's internet website. Existing law requires copies of a certified report examining the CEA's financial and program operations and verifying the annual report to be made public. This bill would additionally require the CEA to provide the annual report to the Senate Committee on Insurance and the Assembly Committee on Insurance. The bill would specify that the certified examination and verification report be posted on the CEA's internet website. Existing law requires the commissioner to convene a working group to, among other things, identify, assess, and recommend risk transfer market mechanisms that promote investment and create incentives for investment in natural infrastructure to reduce risks of climate change, as specified. This bill would require the working group to, no later than January 1, 2028, incorporate hazard mitigation projects into the above-described recommendations.
Who sponsors CA AB 1554?
Calderon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1554.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) , administered under the authority of the Insurance Commissioner, to transact insurance in this state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance. Existing law requires the CEA to annually report to the Legislature and the commissioner on the CEA's program operations, including the financial condition of the authority, and to post the report on the CEA's internet website. Existing law requires copies of a certified report examining the CEA's financial and program operations and verifying the annual report to be made public. This bill would additionally require the CEA to provide the annual report to the Senate Committee on Insurance and the Assembly Committee on Insurance. The bill would specify that the certified examination and verification report be posted on the CEA's internet website. Existing law requires the commissioner to convene a working group to, among other things, identify, assess, and recommend risk transfer market mechanisms that promote investment and create incentives for investment in natural infrastructure to reduce risks of climate change, as specified. This bill would require the working group to, no later than January 1, 2028, incorporate hazard mitigation projects into the above-described recommendations.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-02
- Latest action
- 2026-08-12 — In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Calderonauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-12
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-08-10
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-07-29
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on INS.
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2026-05-22
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-22
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5253.)
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-05-04
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-30
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-03
Re-referred to Com. on INS.
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on INS.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.
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2026-01-09
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2026-01-08
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-15 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 1554 Calderon Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-22 · pass · 73-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Calderon: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Fong: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ta: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Solache: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ward: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lackey: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Gabriel: other
- Chen: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Gallagher: other
- Flora: other
- Arambula: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Niello: yes
- Becker: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Jones: other
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