Several big wildfire bills were left on the table when the California Legislature ended its session earlier this week, but you can expect at least one bill to make a comeback in some form.

Assembly Bill 2167, authored by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim, would have established the Insurance Market Action Plan program, or IMAP program, under which residential property insurance policies in a county may qualify for IMAP protection.

The bill had kicked off a battle between opponents who saw it as a direct attack on insurance consumer protections and proponents who said it was the best way to make insurance more available in an increasingly wildfire-prone state.

The bill was supported by the insurance industry, including the Personal Insurance Federation and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association. It was also being backed by the California Association of Counties, CalFIRE’s union and Fire Safe Councils of California.

“I think the issue will continue to be revisited,” said Mark Sektnan, vice president for state affairs of the APCIA, said on Wednesday.

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