---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: fraud assessment fees."
description: "Insurance: fraud assessment fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2143"
citation: "California AB 2143 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: fraud assessment fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf55b755-5263-4ad5-8d03-ca6d620a06db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2143"
source_hash: "336a52a43ca80ff55dfdb4859465ff4d1c4f9b489bf6820f2af14a82115d270b"
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 2143 (20072008) — Insurance: fraud assessment fees.

## 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=200720080AB2143&version=20070AB214399INT)
2. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2143&version=20070AB214398AMD)
3. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2143&version=20070AB214396CHP)
4. **AB2143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2143)
5. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2143&version=20070AB214397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2143 DE LEON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2143 De Leon By Runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)
- Bass — principal 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`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 5590.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. 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 36. Noes 3. Page 4847.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf55b755-5263-4ad5-8d03-ca6d620a06db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).