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AB-1467 • 2026

Residential property insurance: tree fire risks.

Residential property insurance: tree fire risks.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hoover
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Official source material does not provide details on the specific consequences if the forestry department disagrees with an insurance company's assessment.

Tree Removal for Insurance Purposes

This law allows homeowners to avoid certain rules, fees, and fines if their insurance company identifies a tree near their home as a fire risk and the forestry department confirms it.

What This Bill Does

  • Exempts property owners from state and local laws, ordinances, fees, and fines associated with removing trees if an insurance company identifies a tree as a fire risk and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirms this assessment.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Homeowners with residential property insurance policies
  • Insurance companies providing residential property insurance
  • Local governments enforcing tree removal laws

Terms To Know

Defensible space
An area around a building where flammable materials are removed to reduce fire risk.
Wildfire-prone area
A region with high likelihood of wildfires due to environmental conditions and vegetation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the forestry department disagrees with an insurance company's assessment.
  • The bill does not address other aspects of wildfire prevention or property insurance beyond tree removal exemptions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on INS.

  4. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  5. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  6. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1467, as introduced, Hoover.
Residential property insurance: tree fire risks.
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including residential fire and property insurance. Existing law defines the measure of indemnity for a loss under a property insurance policy. Existing law requires a person who controls a building or structure in, upon, or adjoining a specified wildfire-prone area to, among other things, maintain 100 feet of defensible space around the structure.
This bill would exempt a residential property insurance policyholder from state and local laws, ordinances, fees, and fines associated with the removal of a tree if their insurer identifies the tree as a fire risk and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirms that the tree is a fire risk.

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