Hearing
House Insurance Hearing
Room 617 at 15:00:00
House Bill 296 Alabama 2026 Session
Updated Jan 20, 2026
House Bill 296 Alabama 2026 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2026 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Chip Brown RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Title
- Consumer Protection, Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act created
- Description
Rental home marketplaces include online platforms or services such as Vacation Rentals By Owner (VRBO) and Airbnb which connect property owners to short term renters. Existing laws do not provide reimbursement guarantees to rental home marketplace users for damages to property shared through a rental home marketplace.
This bill would require rental home marketplaces doing business in this state to maintain a reimbursement insurance policy.
This bill would create the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act to define and regulate rental home marketplace guarantees.
This bill would provide for oversight of and consumer protections for rental home marketplace guarantees by the Commissioner of Insurance; would give enforcement and rulemaking authority to the Commissioner of Insurance; and would also provide for monetary penalties, hearings, and court proceedings.
- Subjects
- Consumer Protection
Bill Actions
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Insurance DGMFYTH-1
H
Pending House Insurance
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Insurance
Calendar
Bill Text
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
House Bill 296 Alabama 2026 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Insurance Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Source: Alabama Legislature