---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: surplus line brokers."
description: "Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified. In order for a nonadmitted insurer to qualify for coverage it must demonstrate financial stability, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1708"
citation: "California AB 1708 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: surplus line brokers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villines"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-01"
last_action: "2010-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/addf062f-5d17-4e85-b52d-fe41516616c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708"
source_hash: "6c11ac386e3199be259f2d2e57d9b9d4efe441bc7de4a2f3e0a48bbe1dbbed3e"
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 1708 (20092010) — Insurance: surplus line brokers.

Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified. In order for a nonadmitted insurer to qualify for coverage it must demonstrate financial stability, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170899INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170898AMD)
3. **05/03/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170897AMD)
4. **08/10/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170896AMD)
5. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170894CHP)
6. **AB1708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708)
7. **08/24/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1708&version=20090AB170895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1708 Villines By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1708 VILLINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1708 VILLINES Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** (Corrected April 5.)
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4687.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** 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. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-20** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4586.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
- **2010-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6382.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 362, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/addf062f-5d17-4e85-b52d-fe41516616c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).