---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: special assessments."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2015, imposes on an insurer a $0.30 special purpose assessment on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that $0.20 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund specified consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance relating to motor vehicle insurance. Existing law further specifies that the remaining $0.10 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund the improvement of certain consumer functions of the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "California SB 476 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: special assessments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2291c68b-591b-459b-95db-13d8217730c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476"
source_hash: "2276c2c845b2450073eeb96f54b94017fa609fae0db64f3364ba3736fb5428c2"
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 SB 476 (20132014) — Insurance: special assessments.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2015, imposes on an insurer a $0.30 special purpose assessment on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that $0.20 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund specified consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance relating to motor vehicle insurance. Existing law further specifies that the remaining $0.10 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund the improvement of certain consumer functions of the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47699INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47698AMD)
3. **04/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47697AMD)
4. **06/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47696AMD)
5. **07/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47695AMD)
6. **09/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47693CHP)
7. **SB476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476)
8. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB476&version=20130SB47694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB476 Steinberg Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 476 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 662.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1015.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 1181.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2875.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2172.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 347, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2291c68b-591b-459b-95db-13d8217730c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).