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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Insurance: electronic transmission."
+description: "Existing law generally requires, with exceptions, that specified provisions of the Civil Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2591"
+citation: "California AB 2591 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance: electronic transmission."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-09-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b543369-2274-4fe6-bce0-bd7f02d5d4b7"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591"
+source_hash: "cce347d5690a04cd59e51cca448294beb7b64539b7ad874f94af2d446714d1d8"
+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 2591 (20152016) — Insurance: electronic transmission.
+
+Existing law generally requires, with exceptions, that specified provisions of the Civil Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259199INT)
+2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259198AMD)
+3. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259197AMD)
+4. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259196AMD)
+5. **05/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259195AMD)
+6. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259194AMD)
+7. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259193AMD)
+8. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259192AMD)
+9. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259190CHP)
+10. **AB2591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591)
+11. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259191ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2591 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB2591 Dababneh By Hall — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2591 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dababneh — primary (person)
+- Bates — coauthor (person)
+- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
+- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
+- Olsen — coauthor (person)
+- Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
+- Wilk — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-17** 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`
+- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-31** 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`
+- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-04-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4948.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5011.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-13** 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`
+- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5130.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6397.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b543369-2274-4fe6-bce0-bd7f02d5d4b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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