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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs."
+description: "Existing law requires an insurer issuing an automobile collision policy or a policy for comprehensive coverage for a motor vehicle to make the payment in a specified manner if the covered automobile is damaged and the insurer elects to have the automobile repaired."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "AB 1538"
+citation: "California AB 1538 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb1aecc-653f-42cb-aa4e-fa8ee24b6225"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538"
+source_hash: "2990df022e8abb1c8d8611680c54951d9b944ef5904d63aaafaef9b63ae8240b"
+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 1538 (20192020) — Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs.
+
+Existing law requires an insurer issuing an automobile collision policy or a policy for comprehensive coverage for a motor vehicle to make the payment in a specified manner if the covered automobile is damaged and the insurer elects to have the automobile repaired.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538&version=20190AB153899INT)
+2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538&version=20190AB153898AMD)
+3. **04/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538&version=20190AB153897AMD)
+4. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538&version=20190AB153895CHP)
+5. **AB1538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538)
+6. **07/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538&version=20190AB153896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1538 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1538 Weber Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1538 Weber By Mitchell — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weber — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1191.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1868.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2019-07-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2566.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdb1aecc-653f-42cb-aa4e-fa8ee24b6225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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