---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life and disability insurance: records: inspection."
description: "Life and disability insurance: records: inspection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1600"
citation: "California AB 1600 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life and disability insurance: records: inspection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360a3550-2055-4a6b-afe6-a4760529c753"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600"
source_hash: "e9a61fa8a946a0dd3fa45a3ec86ec2e294c9819397ab056213b5b00b17977067"
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 1600 (20032004) — Life and disability insurance: records: inspection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600&version=20030AB160099INT)
2. **05/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600&version=20030AB160098AMD)
3. **08/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600&version=20030AB160096CHP)
4. **AB1600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600)
5. **07/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1600&version=20030AB160097ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1600 nakano by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1600 nakano assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 1907.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1611.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360a3550-2055-4a6b-afe6-a4760529c753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).