---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that the hiring of real property for a term not specified by the parties is deemed to be renewed at the end of the term unless written notice of termination is given. Existing law requires the owner of a residential dwelling to give notice at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of termination if the owner has contracted to sell the dwelling or unit to a bona fide purchaser for value, has established an escrow with a licensed escrow agent or a licensed real estate broker, and other specified criteria are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2303"
citation: "California AB 2303 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b16ee0e-9d5d-4d4b-9cae-5015e10d6ba4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303"
source_hash: "0f1ee96b76901192143b76be0a31d8e2de1bf766d2d05b68494a75b636028d3b"
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 2303 (20112012) — Insurance omnibus.

(1) Existing law provides that the hiring of real property for a term not specified by the parties is deemed to be renewed at the end of the term unless written notice of termination is given. Existing law requires the owner of a residential dwelling to give notice at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of termination if the owner has contracted to sell the dwelling or unit to a bona fide purchaser for value, has established an escrow with a licensed escrow agent or a licensed real estate broker, and other specified criteria are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230399INT)
2. **03/15/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230398AMD)
3. **06/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230397AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230396AMD)
5. **08/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230395AMD)
6. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230393CHP)
7. **AB2303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303)
8. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2303&version=20110AB230394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2303 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PEREA — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2303 INS. Assembly Third Reading By SOLORIO — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2303 Committee on INS. (Perea) By Calderon — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4489.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4584.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6142.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 786, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b16ee0e-9d5d-4d4b-9cae-5015e10d6ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).