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California 2007-2008 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2956 — Insurance: agents and brokers.

Last action September 25, 2008 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2008.

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Passed Senate
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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2008. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Chaptered 09/25/08 - Chaptered Current pdf September 25, 2008
Enrolled 08/15/08 - Enrolled pdf August 15, 2008
Amended 08/07/08 - Amended Senate pdf August 07, 2008
Amended 06/24/08 - Amended Senate pdf June 24, 2008
Amended 04/24/08 - Amended Assembly pdf April 24, 2008
Amended 03/24/08 - Amended Assembly pdf March 24, 2008
Introduced 02/22/08 - Introduced pdf February 22, 2008
AB2956 View text html

Action History

September 25, 2008
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2008.
September 25, 2008
Approved by the Governor.
September 17, 2008
Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
August 14, 2008
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6498.)
August 14, 2008
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
August 13, 2008
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
August 13, 2008
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4981.)
August 11, 2008
Read second time. To third reading.
August 07, 2008
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
July 01, 2008
Read second time. To third reading.
June 30, 2008
Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
June 24, 2008
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.
June 23, 2008
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) .
May 29, 2008
Referred to Com. on B., F. & I.
May 22, 2008
In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
May 22, 2008
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 6. Page 5250.)
May 01, 2008
Read second time. To third reading.
April 30, 2008
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30).
April 28, 2008
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance.
April 24, 2008
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended.
April 16, 2008
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
March 25, 2008
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance.
March 24, 2008
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended.
March 13, 2008
Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance.
February 25, 2008
Read first time.
February 24, 2008
From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
February 22, 2008
Introduced. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Coto

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2956 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 14, 2008

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	70	0	0	9
Democratic	3	0	0	1
Republican	2	0	0	1
Total	75	0	0	11
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (86)

Member	Party	Vote
Carter	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Charles	—	Not Voting
Plescia	—	Not Voting
Sharon	—	Not Voting
Runner	—	Not Voting
Soto	—	Not Voting
Evans	—	Not Voting
Bass	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Davis	—	Not Voting
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Not Voting
Garrick	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Not Voting
La Malfa	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2956 Coto By Correa

August 13, 2008

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	33	0	0	6
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	35	0	0	6
% of votes cast	85%	0%	0%	15%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Harman	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
Migden	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Battin	—	Not Voting
Perata	—	Not Voting
Vincent	—	Not Voting
Corbett	—	Not Voting
Wyland	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Not Voting
Maldonado	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules.

June 18, 2008

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	2
Total	9	0	0	2
% of votes cast	82%	0%	0%	18%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Scott	—	Not Voting
Florez	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Correa	—	Not Voting
Cox	—	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2956 COTO Assembly Third Reading

May 22, 2008

Passed 65 Yea · 6 Nay · 15 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	60	5	0	14
Democratic	3	1	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	1
Total	65	6	0	15
% of votes cast	76%	7%	0%	17%

How each member voted (86)

Member	Party	Vote
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Eng	—	Not Voting
Feuer	—	Nay
Fuentes	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Nay
Garcia	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Sharon	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Berg	—	Not Voting
De	—	Not Voting
Leon	—	Not Voting
Dymally	—	Not Voting
Bass	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Nay
Krekorian	—	Yea
Leno	—	Nay
Ma	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Nay
Torrico	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Not Voting
Lieber	—	Not Voting
Nunez	—	Not Voting
Salas	—	Not Voting
Saldana	—	Not Voting
Soto	—	Not Voting
Nava	—	Not Voting
Ruskin	—	Not Voting
Adams	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Beall	—	Not Voting
Brownley	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

April 30, 2008

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	4
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	8	0	0	4
% of votes cast	67%	0%	0%	33%

How each member voted (12)

Member	Party	Vote
Carter	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Berg	—	Not Voting
De	—	Not Voting
Leon	—	Not Voting
Lieber	—	Not Voting
Duvall	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

health-insurance

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 2956?: AB 2956 is sponsored by Coto.
What is the current status of AB 2956?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2008. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 2956
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2007-2008 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 22, 2008
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Coto

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