Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1721
Additional Living Expense Fairness and Expedited Closure Adjudicaiton Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ADDITIONAL LIVING EXPENSE (ALE) FAIRNESS AND EXPEDITED CLOSURE ADJUDICATION ACT"; TO DECLARE THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE OF THE ACT IS TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE TO ENSURE TIMELY AND SUFFICIENT ADDITIONAL LIVING EXPENSE BENEFITS ARE PAID TO INSURED PARTIES UNDER RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL POLICIES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS, INCLUDING "ALE"; TO GRANT THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE DISPUTES REGARDING ALE MATTERS; TO AUTHORIZE INSURERS AND INSURED PARTIES TO INSTITUTE A PETITION; TO REQUIRE THE EXPEDITED TIME FOR ADDRESSING PETITIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER TO ISSUE AN INTERIM ALE ORDER TO PREVENT HARDSHIP; TO PRESCRIBED STANDARDS FOR ADJUDICATING DISPUTES; TO GRANT THE COMMISSIONER CERTAIN POWERS IN ISSUING ORDERS; TO PROVIDE THAT ORDERS SETTLING ALE DISPUTES ARE BINDING UNLESS A REHEARING IS GRANTED OR THE ORDER IS APPEALED TO A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER TO PROMULGATE RULES NECESSARY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.