---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance licensees."
description: "Insurance licensees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2044"
citation: "California AB 2044 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance licensees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duvall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f4b389-970b-4a78-bf34-7b9e8721e357"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044"
source_hash: "e98b71456c8883fb04df3c424bbd7c4d87cb296903f36b550d234e0c50cbfa3b"
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 2044 (20072008) — Insurance licensees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204499INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204498AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204497AMD)
4. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204496AMD)
5. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204495AMD)
6. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204494AMD)
7. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204492CHP)
8. **AB2044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044)
9. **09/09/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2044&version=20070AB204493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2044 Duvall By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #35 AB2044 Duvall — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2044 DUVALL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2044 Duvall Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duvall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5272.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2008-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2008-08-13** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-08-19** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading. `reading-1, passage, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5326.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7071.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f4b389-970b-4a78-bf34-7b9e8721e357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).