---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2012"
citation: "California AB 2012 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41e40743-7833-448f-890a-1af1dd4e0d74"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012"
source_hash: "c131eacac47164cd0dd9d761e2285c85eefeccc6c3e675504687927daa4998dc"
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 2012 (20012002) — Insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201299INT)
2. **03/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201298AMD)
3. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201297AMD)
4. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201296AMD)
5. **05/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201295AMD)
6. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201294AMD)
7. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201293AMD)
8. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201292AMD)
9. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201290CHP)
10. **AB2012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012)
11. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2012&version=20010AB201291ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 2012 Frommer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2012 Frommer Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2012 Frommer By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)
- John Campbell — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7929.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5500.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5999.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** 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/41e40743-7833-448f-890a-1af1dd4e0d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).