---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: rescission of long-term care contracts."
description: "Insurance: rescission of long-term care contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2137"
citation: "California AB 2137 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: rescission of long-term care contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldana"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3dd5ca1-0a43-4d34-8a66-c36a391603f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137"
source_hash: "eb41cc8ee232a875334ba5387c370a6e0f028662c510e475a83ea6000e60b35e"
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 2137 (20072008) — Insurance: rescission of long-term care contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137&version=20070AB213799INT)
2. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137&version=20070AB213798AMD)
3. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137&version=20070AB213797AMD)
4. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137&version=20070AB213795CHP)
5. **AB2137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137)
6. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2137&version=20070AB213796ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2137 Saldana By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2137 SALDANA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2137 SALDANA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldana — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4933.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4679.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6122.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3dd5ca1-0a43-4d34-8a66-c36a391603f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).