---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: surplus line brokers: notice."
description: "Insurance: surplus line brokers: notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2490"
citation: "California AB 2490 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: surplus line brokers: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f200b6dd-e28b-4aa4-816f-db737e4a102c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2490"
source_hash: "0df297b41f1324e11d921c0a5bb95ec33749eb97d3aa83c82d7c08fd0e0e59ba"
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 2490 (20032004) — Insurance: surplus line brokers: notice.

## 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=200320040AB2490&version=20030AB249099INT)
2. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2490&version=20030AB249098AMD)
3. **07/06/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2490&version=20030AB249096CHP)
4. **AB2490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2490)
5. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2490&version=20030AB249097ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2490 maddox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2490 maddox consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2490 maddox concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6425.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4105.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2004-06-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5178.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, 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/f200b6dd-e28b-4aa4-816f-db737e4a102c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).