---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Fund."
description: "Existing law creates the Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Fund as a special account within the Insurance Fund and requires that the moneys deposited therein, from a $1 fee levied against insurers based upon each individual life insurance and annuity product worth $15,000 or more issued to a resident of this state, be dedicated to protecting consumers of insurance products. Under existing law, that provision is repealed as of January 1, 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 76"
citation: "California AB 76 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-12-17"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfba528c-ba29-4514-84a1-070705aff0b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76"
source_hash: "699efc199390076c2e64173253e8581bce232601f2b25df2f724bc6c7fb08562"
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 76 (20092010) — Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Fund.

Existing law creates the Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Fund as a special account within the Insurance Fund and requires that the moneys deposited therein, from a $1 fee levied against insurers based upon each individual life insurance and annuity product worth $15,000 or more issued to a resident of this state, be dedicated to protecting consumers of insurance products. Under existing law, that provision is repealed as of January 1, 2010.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/17/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76&version=20090AB7699INT)
2. **03/09/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76&version=20090AB7698AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76&version=20090AB7696CHP)
4. **AB76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76)
5. **07/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB76&version=20090AB7697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB76 Yamada By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 76 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-17** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-12-18** From printer. May be heard in committee January 17.
- **2008-12-18** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** 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`
- **2009-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1829.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1763.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfba528c-ba29-4514-84a1-070705aff0b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).