---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers."
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 1837"
citation: "California AB 1837 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-12"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f82650a-3b86-4ab9-8d56-df0610a0a3c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837"
source_hash: "6f082de9f305c8522641d9b6c2c6f739440283ae3cdc3bf2f1f763793afe40bf"
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 1837 (20092010) — Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers.

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. **02/12/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183799INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183798AMD)
3. **04/26/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183797AMD)
4. **05/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183796AMD)
5. **08/10/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183795AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183793CHP)
7. **AB1837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837)
8. **08/24/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837&version=20090AB183794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1837 GAINES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1837 Gaines By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1837 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2010-04-05** 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`
- **2010-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-05-06** To second reading.
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5240.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 5339.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 32. 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 74. Noes 1. Page 6383.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f82650a-3b86-4ab9-8d56-df0610a0a3c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).