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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance."
+description: "(1) Existing law requires certain insurance disclosures in various circumstances, including, but not limited to, when a life or disability insurance policy or certificate of coverage is first issued or delivered to a new insured or policyholder, when an employer obtains coverage from a multiple employer welfare arrangement, when a claim is up for settlement, and when a vehicle service contract form is offered."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1515"
+citation: "California AB 1515 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2015-03-05"
+last_action: "2015-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a2a5a20-1507-49e8-ae6e-edcd053be5e2"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515"
+source_hash: "546eefd1b9b4281d43f3000cbf9836e73a66ae0255ccbafb7d5c80bd5ff892b4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1515 (20152016) — Insurance.
+
+(1) Existing law requires certain insurance disclosures in various circumstances, including, but not limited to, when a life or disability insurance policy or certificate of coverage is first issued or delivered to a new insured or policyholder, when an employer obtains coverage from a multiple employer welfare arrangement, when a claim is up for settlement, and when a vehicle service contract form is offered.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/05/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151599INT)
+2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151598AMD)
+3. **04/20/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151597AMD)
+4. **05/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151596AMD)
+5. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151594CHP)
+6. **AB1515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515)
+7. **08/26/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1515&version=20150AB151595ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1515 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1515 Committee On INS. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1515 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By DALY — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
+- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1110.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2119.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2015-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2564.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a2a5a20-1507-49e8-ae6e-edcd053be5e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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