---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life insurance."
description: "Life insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2384"
citation: "California AB 2384 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a9b615-b48d-4db7-99ae-ad5f345d0dc2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384"
source_hash: "05f31a508e38406f13af55d967f34b7638e0f3f3b66c2a3a455f09a226749c1f"
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 2384 (20032004) — Life insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238499INT)
2. **04/16/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238498AMD)
3. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238497AMD)
4. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238496AMD)
5. **09/20/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238494CHP)
6. **AB2384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384)
7. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2384&version=20030AB238495ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2384 nakano consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2384 nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2384 nakano by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7881.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/22a9b615-b48d-4db7-99ae-ad5f345d0dc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).