---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 796"
citation: "California AB 796 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a580e694-5075-487f-ada0-d1e2faf3b38f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796"
source_hash: "ccf7d5b759a6a9605c40390df64bf4654b890a642cecf9798b887ba09d1841b4"
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 796 (20072008) — Insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796&version=20070AB79699INT)
2. **06/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796&version=20070AB79698AMD)
3. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796&version=20070AB79697AMD)
4. **07/27/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796&version=20070AB79695CHP)
5. **AB796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796)
6. **07/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB796&version=20070AB79696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 796 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB796 Committee on INS. (Coto) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 796 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1074.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-04** 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`
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1725.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2576.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a580e694-5075-487f-ada0-d1e2faf3b38f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).