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HB1638Introduced in the House

Relating To Property Damages.

IntroducedHouse Energy & Environmental Protection

Introduced by Scot Matayoshi, District 49

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Limits claims alleging property damage from covered catastrophic wildfires to actual damages. Amends the aggregate liability limit for qualifying damages from covered catastrophic wildfires to be $1,000,000,000, rather than administratively established by the Public Utilities Commission, and makes the limit applicable only to property covered by a property insurance policy up to the coverage limit. Requires the Director of Emergency Management to determine whether a wildfire is a covered catastrophic wildfire. Specifies that claims subject to the limit must be filed within one year of the covered catastrophic wildfire. Clarifies that a property and casualty insurer's rights to subrogation are not limited in the context of an insured's recovery by judgment or settlement of a third-party tort claim.

Where it stands

Referred to EEP, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

January 26, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EEP, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

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