California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1131 — Insurance: electronic transmission.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2015.

  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 February 27, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law generally requires that any required notice related to insurance transactions be made by mail. Existing law authorizes an insurer, under specified conditions, to provide by electronic transmission the required offer of renewal for automobile insurance, the required offer of renewal or conditional renewal for property insurance, the required offer of coverage or renewal or any disclosure required regarding earthquake insurance, and the offer of renewal for a workers' compensation policy. Existing law also generally requires that, a record, signature, or contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability because it is in electronic form. Existing law exempts from this requirement disability insurance and life insurance policies and certificates offered for sale to individuals 65 years of age or older, notice of an increase in premiums on an individual life insurance policy, individual life insurance policies with a face value of less than $10,000, a policy of individual life insurance that is initially delivered or issued for delivery in the state on and after January 1, 1990, applications for life insurance or annuity, and a policy replacement notice. This bill would, for life insurance records, authorize additional persons to send records by electronic transmission by providing that an insurer, agent, broker, or any other person licensed by the Department of Insurance may send electronic records. This bill would expand the scope of electronic notice provisions by allowing the above licensees to send any written record by electronic transmission if not specifically excluded and if the licensee meets specified requirements. The bill would also require the commissioner to submit a report, as specified. The bill would exempt an insurance agent or broker from civil liability for any deficiency in the electronic procedures agreed to by the parties if the insurance agent or broker meets various requirements, as specified. This bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 1633.3 of the Civil Code proposed by both this bill and AB 1097, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3020.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2585.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  16. Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1595.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  20. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20).

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

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

  26. Referred to Com. on INS.

  27. Read first time.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.

  29. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Dababneh · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Dababneh

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1131 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chu — Yea
Harper — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Medina — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1131 Dababneh By Hall

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hill — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1131 DABABNEH Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66004
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Linder — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 2000
Republican 1001
Total 15002
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Mayes — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

health-insurance technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1131 do?
Existing law generally requires that any required notice related to insurance transactions be made by mail. Existing law authorizes an insurer, under specified conditions, to provide by electronic transmission the required offer of renewal for automobile insurance, the required offer of renewal or conditional renewal for property insurance, the required offer of coverage or renewal or any disclosure required regarding earthquake insurance, and the offer of renewal for a workers' compensation policy. Existing law also generally requires that, a record, signature, or contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability because it is in electronic form. Existing law exempts from this requirement disability insurance and life insurance policies and certificates offered for sale to individuals 65 years of age or older, notice of an increase in premiums on an individual life insurance policy, individual life insurance policies with a face value of less than $10,000, a policy of individual life insurance that is initially delivered or issued for delivery in the state on and after January 1, 1990, applications for life insurance or annuity, and a policy replacement notice. This bill would, for life insurance records, authorize additional persons to send records by electronic transmission by providing that an insurer, agent, broker, or any other person licensed by the Department of Insurance may send electronic records. This bill would expand the scope of electronic notice provisions by allowing the above licensees to send any written record by electronic transmission if not specifically excluded and if the licensee meets specified requirements. The bill would also require the commissioner to submit a report, as specified. The bill would exempt an insurance agent or broker from civil liability for any deficiency in the electronic procedures agreed to by the parties if the insurance agent or broker meets various requirements, as specified. This bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate changes to Section 1633.3 of the Civil Code proposed by both this bill and AB 1097, which would become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors AB 1131?
AB 1131 is sponsored by Dababneh.
What is the current status of AB 1131?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1131?
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