---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life insurers: guarantees."
description: "Life insurers: guarantees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 444"
citation: "California AB 444 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life insurers: guarantees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0fb4ebc-e5e3-4d37-ad85-bb87335be23a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444"
source_hash: "f8cf8e3b8fab5f2c6c31df2f2c20ee8a3895077d0c2370cd5b8ea1c7c693e72d"
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 444 (20032004) — Life insurers: guarantees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444&version=20030AB44499INT)
2. **05/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444&version=20030AB44498AMD)
3. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444&version=20030AB44496CHP)
4. **AB444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444)
5. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB444&version=20030AB44497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 444 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #24 ab444 vargas — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1952.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (May 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/c0fb4ebc-e5e3-4d37-ad85-bb87335be23a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).