Assembly Bill A3842A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the insure our communities act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A3842 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S186
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 92 §§9201 - 9203, §§2354 & 215, amd §3425, Ins L; amd §102, Fin Serv L; amd §28-b, Bank L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9905, S9435

2025-A3842 - Summary

Establishes the insure our communities act to implement climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers; identifies and protects such communities; relates to affordability of insurance rates; assesses covered insurance companies' record of performance at meeting insurance needs

2025-A3842 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3842
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the  financial  services  law,  in
   relation to establishing the insuring our future act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new article 92  to
 read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 92
                          INSURING OUR FUTURE ACT
 SECTION 9201. SHORT TITLE.
         9202. DEFINITIONS.
         9203. IMPLEMENTING  CLIMATE  LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION
                 ACT TARGETS FOR INSURERS.
         9204. REPORTING.
   § 9201. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AS
 THE "INSURING OUR FUTURE ACT".
   §  9202.  DEFINITIONS.  IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OR SUBJECT
 MATTER OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
   (A) "NEW FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT" MEANS A PROJECT DESIGNED  TO  FACILITATE
 THE PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUELS IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT AS OF
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING PRODUCTION OF NEW COAL
 INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER PLANTS, OR MINES. "NEW FOSSIL FUEL  PROJECT"  ALSO
 INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT EXPLORING NEW OIL AND GAS FIELDS OR
 OTHERWISE  EXPANDING  OIL  AND  GAS  RESERVES. EXAMPLES OF SUCH PROJECTS
 INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NEW WELLS, PIPELINES, TERMINALS OR  GAS
 POWER PLANTS.
   (B) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
   (C)  "SUPERINTENDENT"  MEANS  THE  SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 FINANCIAL SERVICES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00753-02-5
 A. 3842                             2
              

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2025-A3842A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S186
Current Committee:
Assembly Insurance
Law Section:
Insurance Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 92 §§9201 - 9203, §§2354 & 215, amd §3425, Ins L; amd §102, Fin Serv L; amd §28-b, Bank L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9905, S9435

2025-A3842A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the insure our communities act to implement climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers; identifies and protects such communities; relates to affordability of insurance rates; assesses covered insurance companies' record of performance at meeting insurance needs

2025-A3842A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3842--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the insurance law, the financial services law, and the
   banking law, in relation to establishing the  insure  our  communities
   act

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "insure our communities act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares the following:
   1.  The  Department of Financial Services has identified that New York
 state is "in the midst of an affordable housing crisis driven by  numer-
 ous factors, including the availability of affordable insurance";
   2. The Office of Budget Policy and Analysis has identified that "rates
 of  rental  cost  burden  have  increased across all income groups since
 2012" and "significant racial disparities exist among households suffer-
 ing from housing insecurity. In New York, 55 percent of households head-
 ed by a Hispanic person (any race), 50 percent of households headed by a
 Black or African American person and 48 percent of households headed  by
 an  Asian  person  had at least one housing insecurity problem, compared
 with 31 percent of households headed by a white person.  People  experi-
 encing  homelessness  were also disproportionately Black and Hispanic or
 Latino";
   3. A 2022 study conducted by the Department of Financial Services  and
 New York State Homes and Community Renewal found that affordable housing
 developers  "had  seen  premiums rise, even in instances where there had
 been no previous claims made, to levels that they  deemed  prohibitively
 expensive";
   4. The availability of fair and affordable insurance has a significant
 impact  on community credit needs as homeowners and business owners need
 insurance coverage in order to secure residential or  commercial  loans,
 as well as to protect their homes and businesses when damages occur, and
 
              

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