---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "Existing law provides that the Insurance Commissioner shall annually mail to every domestic insurer a report specifying the reciprocal states."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 299"
citation: "California AB 299 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04026b55-e31e-4915-9aca-e094252388e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299"
source_hash: "cbebf69c1d240ed7af17f76b7ecc5fc2073a02049601591bcda5fb03dc8a609e"
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 299 (20092010) — Insurance.

Existing law provides that the Insurance Commissioner shall annually mail to every domestic insurer a report specifying the reciprocal states.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299&version=20090AB29999INT)
2. **07/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299&version=20090AB29998AMD)
3. **07/15/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299&version=20090AB29997AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299&version=20090AB29995CHP)
5. **AB299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299)
6. **09/03/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB299&version=20090AB29996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 299 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 299 INS. Assembly Third Reading By COTO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #16 AB299 Committee on INS. (Coto) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-02** 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`
- **2009-07-06** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-06** (Page 1586.)
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1977.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2848.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04026b55-e31e-4915-9aca-e094252388e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).