---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life insurers: nonprofit mutual benefit corporations."
description: "Life insurers: nonprofit mutual benefit corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1955"
citation: "California AB 1955 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life insurers: nonprofit mutual benefit corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c809b746-d71d-4318-97ee-72242a4c2d55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955"
source_hash: "4eeb791aec90ae0f0aa8ed16810a7947ddf39e27e2a5035fc64478b2368db490"
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 1955 (20032004) — Life insurers: nonprofit mutual benefit corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195599INT)
2. **03/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195598AMD)
3. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195597AMD)
4. **05/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195596AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195594CHP)
6. **AB1955** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955)
7. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1955&version=20030AB195595ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1955 vargas consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1955 vargas by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1955 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 7127.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4783.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-24** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5431.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 31). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/c809b746-d71d-4318-97ee-72242a4c2d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).