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SB-1296 Insurance: judicial interpretation. (2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Article 20 (commencing with Section 1130) is added to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code, to read:

Article  20. Judicial Interpretation
1130.
 A secondary source on insurance, including a legal treatise, scholarly publication, textbook, or other explanatory text, shall not constitute the law or public policy of the state. A secondary source on insurance is not authoritative if it purports to create, eliminate, expand, or restrict a cause of action, right, or remedy, or if it conflicts with any of the following:
(a) The United States Constitution or the California Constitution.
(b) State statutes.
(c) The state’s case law precedent.
(d) Other common law adopted by the state.