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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal."
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description: "Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including commercial property insurance. Existing law prohibits an insurer from canceling or refusing to renew a policy of residential property insurance for a property located in a ZIP Code within or adjacent to the fire perimeter for one year after the declaration of a state of emergency, if the cancellation or nonrenewal is based solely on the fact that the insured structure is located in an area in which a wildfire has occurred, except as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 547"
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citation: "California SB 547 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commercialpropertyinsurancecancellationandnonrenewal"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pérez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38fbc960-c48a-458a-bbe2-be2269d7adbe"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547"
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source_hash: "1ca063610bddec22876bbc92cfae3e30768c141d3580fddd8cca5c958ee69f9a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 547 (20252026) — Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal.
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Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including commercial property insurance. Existing law prohibits an insurer from canceling or refusing to renew a policy of residential property insurance for a property located in a ZIP Code within or adjacent to the fire perimeter for one year after the declaration of a state of emergency, if the cancellation or nonrenewal is based solely on the fact that the insured structure is located in an area in which a wildfire has occurred, except as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547&version=20250SB54799INT)
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2. **07/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547&version=20250SB54798AMD)
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3. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547&version=20250SB54797AMD)
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4. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547&version=20250SB54795CHP)
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5. **SB547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547)
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6. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB547&version=20250SB54796ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB547 Pérez et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB547 Pérez et al. Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 547 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Calderon — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pérez — primary (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — author (person)
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- Smallwood-Cuevas — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2025-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1452.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3442.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3052.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 544, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38fbc960-c48a-458a-bbe2-be2269d7adbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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