AB 2061
California FAIR Plan Association: data.
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Bill overview
This bill changes how the California FAIR Plan Association provides data to the public. Currently, the association must publish its toll-free number in telephone directories and include it on all communications. The bill removes the requirement to publish the number in directories and instead mandates that the association post specific data – including the number of policies issued by ZIP code and the association’s risk exposure – on its website quarterly.
Key provisions
- The California FAIR Plan Association must post data on its website quarterly.
- The data to be posted includes the number of policies issued by ZIP code.
- The data to be posted includes the association’s risk exposure.
- The requirement to publish the association’s toll-free number in telephone directories has been removed.
- The association must continue to maintain an internet website and a statewide toll-free telephone number.
Who is affected
- California FAIR Plan Association
- Insurance applicants and insureds
- Insurance agents and brokers
Notable changes
- Removes the requirement to publish the toll-free telephone number in general distribution telephone directories.
- Mandates quarterly posting of ZIP code policy data and risk exposure on the association’s website.
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AB2061:v96#DOCUMENT
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| Amended IN Senate June 18, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly April 15, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly April 06, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2061
| Introduced by Assembly Member Chen (Coauthor: Senator Niello) |
| February 18, 2026 |
An act to amend Section 10095.5 of, and to add Section 10095.9 to to, the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2061, as amended, Chen. California FAIR Plan Association: data.
Existing law creates the Department of Insurance to regulate the business of insurance. Existing law generally regulates residential property insurance, including homeowners’ insurance. Existing law establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law requires the association to establish and maintain an internet website and toll-free telephone number, requires the association to cause the toll-free telephone number to be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state, and requires the association to include the internet website address and toll-free telephone number on all communications with an applicant or insured.
This bill would require the association to, each quarter, post on its internet website specified information, including the number of policies issued by the association in each ZIP Code and the risk exposure of the association. The bill would delete the requirement that the association cause its toll-free telephone number to be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 10095.5 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:
10095.5.
(a) The association shall establish and maintain an Internet Web site internet website and a statewide toll-free telephone number through which a person may receive information and assistance in applying for insurance through the plan. The association shall cause the toll-free telephone number to be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state and shall include the toll-free telephone number and Internet Web site internet website address on all communications with an applicant or insured.
(b) An insurance agent or broker transacting basic property insurance shall assist a person seeking his or her the agent’s or broker’s help in obtaining basic property insurance coverage by any one of the following methods:
(1) Making an application for insurance through the plan by submitting an application at the person’s request.
(2) Providing the person with the California FAIR Plan’s Internet Web site internet website address and the toll-free telephone number.
(3) Making an application for insurance, at the person’s request, and placing that person with or through an insurer that offers, or a surplus line broker that procures, basic property insurance coverage.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Section 10095.9 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
10095.9.
The association shall, each quarter, post on its internet website the following information:
(a) Number of policies issued by the association in each ZIP Code.
(b) The risk exposure of the association.
(c)Number of policyholders removed from the association’s coverage through the clearinghouse program required under Section 10095.