---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: defense of insureds."
description: "Attorneys: defense of insureds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2069"
citation: "California AB 2069 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: defense of insureds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-22"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22035dc2-8991-4bc4-bb65-b515d7687bf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069"
source_hash: "a0aa2d6eafe415ba2505fc4a9647caa7f8a9711b2275eb0d3e067c54217e3806"
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 2069 (19992000) — Attorneys: defense of insureds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206999INT)
2. **03/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206998AMD)
3. **04/13/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206997AMD)
4. **04/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206996AMD)
5. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206995AMD)
6. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206994AMD)
7. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206993AMD)
8. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206992AMD)
9. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206990CHP)
10. **AB2069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069)
11. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2069&version=19990AB206991ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2069 CORBETT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2069 Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2069 CORBETT CONCURRENCE — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 8355.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6033.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-15** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 6512.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2000-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22035dc2-8991-4bc4-bb65-b515d7687bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).