Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under an open fire insurance policy and specifies time limits under which an insured must collect the full replacement cost of the loss. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a fire insurance policy issued or delivered in the state from limiting or denying payment of the replacement cost of property if the insured decides to rebuild or replace the property at a location other than the insured premises. Existing law requires the measure of indemnity to be based upon the replacement cost of the insured property and prohibits it from being based upon the cost to repair, rebuild, or replace at a location other than the insured premises.
California AB 1800 (20172018) — Fire insurance: indemnity.
Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under an open fire insurance policy and specifies time limits under which an insured must collect the full replacement cost of the loss. Existing law prohibits, in the event of a total loss of the insured structure, a fire insurance policy issued or delivered in the state from limiting or denying payment of the replacement cost of property if the insured decides to rebuild or replace the property at a location other than the insured premises. Existing law requires the measure of indemnity to be based upon the replacement cost of the insured property and prohibits it from being based upon the cost to repair, rebuild, or replace at a location other than the insured premises.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1800 Levine et al. By Glazer Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Levine — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
McGuire — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2018-01-22 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2018-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4898.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-10 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2018-06-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-06-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-07-02 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Glazer.
2018-08-22 From inactive file.
2018-08-22 Ordered to second reading.
2018-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 6081.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0be3fd14-62a8-436e-acda-f11f77e2ee43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).