Among the bills that passed the fiscal hurdle are measures that would give homeowners more time to find new insurance or make repairs before being dropped by their insurer.
Eight bills authored by Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday and now head to the Senate floor.
The measures focus on insurance reform, mobile home protections, disaster recovery and utility affordability. They must receive a full Senate vote by May 29.
Among the bills that passed the fiscal hurdle are measures that would give homeowners more time to find new insurance or make repairs before being dropped by their insurer, strengthen the Department of Insurance’s enforcement powers against harmful insurer practices, and create low-interest loans for fire-hardening and defensible space improvements.
Other bills would give residents of mobile home parks the first opportunity to purchase their community if it is put up for sale, expand transparency and resident rights after disasters, and close loopholes in the state’s anti-price gouging law that were exploited after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
Additional measures would establish spending guidelines for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund and increase scrutiny of investor-owned utilities’ approved profit rates in an effort to limit costs passed on to ratepayers.
