---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire insurance: valuation of loss."
description: "Fire insurance: valuation of loss."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2962"
citation: "California AB 2962 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire insurance: valuation of loss."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43c5c524-27d7-434a-a42a-994076781394"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962"
source_hash: "f5223146f818779142316f7bfacc3f4890b40b0c5348db7b164d96fd558bd6a8"
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 2962 (20032004) — Fire insurance: valuation of loss.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296299INT)
2. **05/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296298AMD)
3. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296297AMD)
4. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296296AMD)
5. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296295AMD)
6. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296294AMD)
7. **09/20/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296292CHP)
8. **AB2962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962)
9. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2962&version=20030AB296293ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2962 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2962 pavley by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7848.) `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 24. Noes 12. Page 5333.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5750.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** 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`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/43c5c524-27d7-434a-a42a-994076781394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).