---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Commissioner: cease and desist orders."
description: "Insurance Commissioner: cease and desist orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 845"
citation: "California AB 845 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Commissioner: cease and desist orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb4a43e-1bb3-40b8-9825-2cb58a418fa5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845"
source_hash: "d7caa723610aa9a8a676b13352ddc57efccde3c1ec7afb21e373f21013458f3d"
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 845 (19992000) — Insurance Commissioner: cease and desist orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845&version=19990AB84599INT)
2. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845&version=19990AB84598AMD)
3. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845&version=19990AB84597AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845&version=19990AB84595CHP)
5. **AB845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845)
6. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB845&version=19990AB84596ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB845 Maddox Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 845 MADDOX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2505.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 1983.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 14). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/9eb4a43e-1bb3-40b8-9825-2cb58a418fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).