California Assembly adjourned without voting on the wildfire victim compensation bill

Utilities said the weakened version still left them too exposed.

SB 492 would have sped up payments to fire victims and changed how much utilities owe. The Assembly adjourned without a vote, so neither change takes effect.

Utilities said the scaled-back bill did not cut what they could owe by enough
SB 492 never got a floor vote before the Assembly adjourned