California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1597 — Automobile insurance: assigned risk plans: low-cost automobile insurance.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2010.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2010. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law provides for the formation of the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan for automobile bodily injury and property damage liability insurance. The Insurance Commissioner, after a public hearing, is required to approve or issue a reasonable plan for the equitable apportionment, among insurers admitted to transact liability insurance, of those applicants for automobile bodily injury and property damage liability insurance who are, in good faith, entitled to but are unable to procure that insurance through ordinary methods. Notice of the public hearing is required to be published at least 60 days prior to the hearing or close of the public comment period on the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, in 2 newspapers of general circulation, one published in the City and County of San Francisco, and the other published in the City of Los Angeles. This bill would delete the notice requirement, and require that the hearings be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Existing law requires the assigned risk plan to provide for effective dates of coverage, consistent with the required elements, including execution of the application forms and an electronic effective date procedure established by the plan. The insurance application form is also required to include a disclosure regarding the effective date of coverage. This bill would modify the notice and the effective dates of coverage requirements, as provided. (2) Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program. Existing law establishes the low-cost automobile insurance program in several specified counties and makes the expansion to all other counties in California subject to a determination of need made by the commissioner following a public meeting, as specified. Existing law provides for the issuance of automobile liability policies pursuant to this program under specified terms and conditions, and provides that a policy so issued satisfies specified requirements regarding financial responsibility. Existing law provides that the low-cost automobile insurance program shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011. This bill would provide that the low-cost automobile insurance program would remain in effect until January 1, 2016. Existing law requires the commissioner, on or before March 1 of each year, to prepare and propose a plan to the Senate Committee on Banking, Finance, and Insurance and the Assembly Committee on Insurance setting forth the methods the commissioner intends to implement to inform households eligible for the program about the availability of low-cost automobile insurance. The plan is required to contain specified information, including the most recent annual report to the Legislature on the status of the low-cost automobile insurance program from the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan. This bill would delete the most recent annual report to the Legislature on the status of the low-cost automobile insurance program from the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan from the information required to be contained in the plan. (3) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2011, makes certain automobile insurance proof of financial responsibility requirements no longer applicable to people in the County of Los Angeles and the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2016. (4) This bill would make conforming changes and delete obsolete provisions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2010.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 4455.)

  6. Read second time. To third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 2).

  8. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30).

  9. Referred to Com. on B., F. & I.

  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  11. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 5128.)

  12. Read second time. To third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 28).

  14. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Read second time and amended.

  16. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 7).

  17. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

  18. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.

  19. Referred to Com. on INS.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Blumenfield · Cosponsor
  • Jones · Primary
  • Portantino · Cosponsor
  • Salas · Cosponsor
  • Conway · Cosponsor
  • Coto · Cosponsor
  • DeSaulnier · Cosponsor
  • Denham · Cosponsor
  • Nielsen · Cosponsor
  • Skinner · Cosponsor
  • Torres · Cosponsor
  • Wiggins · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jones

Co-sponsors (11)

  • Blumenfield
  • Portantino
  • Salas
  • Conway
  • Coto
  • DeSaulnier
  • Denham
  • Nielsen
  • Skinner
  • Torres
  • Wiggins

Not signed on (110)

110 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1597 Jones By Denham

Passed 32 Yea · 2 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30204
Republican 1000
Democratic 1001
Total 32205
% of votes cast 82%5%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Cogdill — Yea
Florez — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Huff — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hollingsworth — Nay
Leno — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9002
Total 9002
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1597 JONES Assembly Third Reading

Passed 85 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 79402
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 85402
% of votes cast 93%4%0%2%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bill — Yea
Charles — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Tom — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Conway — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 14 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14202
Democratic 0001
Total 14203
% of votes cast 74%11%0%16%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Conway — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Miller — Nay
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9001
Democratic 1001
Republican 1000
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Yea
Carter — Yea
Salas — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Hayashi — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

finance health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1597 do?
(1) Existing law provides for the formation of the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan for automobile bodily injury and property damage liability insurance. The Insurance Commissioner, after a public hearing, is required to approve or issue a reasonable plan for the equitable apportionment, among insurers admitted to transact liability insurance, of those applicants for automobile bodily injury and property damage liability insurance who are, in good faith, entitled to but are unable to procure that insurance through ordinary methods. Notice of the public hearing is required to be published at least 60 days prior to the hearing or close of the public comment period on the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, in 2 newspapers of general circulation, one published in the City and County of San Francisco, and the other published in the City of Los Angeles. This bill would delete the notice requirement, and require that the hearings be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Existing law requires the assigned risk plan to provide for effective dates of coverage, consistent with the required elements, including execution of the application forms and an electronic effective date procedure established by the plan. The insurance application form is also required to include a disclosure regarding the effective date of coverage. This bill would modify the notice and the effective dates of coverage requirements, as provided. (2) Existing law establishes, within the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan, a low-cost automobile insurance program. Existing law establishes the low-cost automobile insurance program in several specified counties and makes the expansion to all other counties in California subject to a determination of need made by the commissioner following a public meeting, as specified. Existing law provides for the issuance of automobile liability policies pursuant to this program under specified terms and conditions, and provides that a policy so issued satisfies specified requirements regarding financial responsibility. Existing law provides that the low-cost automobile insurance program shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011. This bill would provide that the low-cost automobile insurance program would remain in effect until January 1, 2016. Existing law requires the commissioner, on or before March 1 of each year, to prepare and propose a plan to the Senate Committee on Banking, Finance, and Insurance and the Assembly Committee on Insurance setting forth the methods the commissioner intends to implement to inform households eligible for the program about the availability of low-cost automobile insurance. The plan is required to contain specified information, including the most recent annual report to the Legislature on the status of the low-cost automobile insurance program from the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan. This bill would delete the most recent annual report to the Legislature on the status of the low-cost automobile insurance program from the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan from the information required to be contained in the plan. (3) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2011, makes certain automobile insurance proof of financial responsibility requirements no longer applicable to people in the County of Los Angeles and the City and County of San Francisco. This bill would extend the repeal date to January 1, 2016. (4) This bill would make conforming changes and delete obsolete provisions.
Who sponsors AB 1597?
AB 1597 is sponsored by Blumenfield, Jones, Portantino, Salas, Conway, Coto, DeSaulnier, Denham, Nielsen, Skinner, Torres, and Wiggins.
What is the current status of AB 1597?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2010. Enacted.
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