---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: electronic transmission."
description: "Existing law generally requires, with exceptions, that specified provisions of the Civil Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2591"
citation: "California AB 2591 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: electronic transmission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b543369-2274-4fe6-bce0-bd7f02d5d4b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591"
source_hash: "cce347d5690a04cd59e51cca448294beb7b64539b7ad874f94af2d446714d1d8"
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 2591 (20152016) — Insurance: electronic transmission.

Existing law generally requires, with exceptions, that specified provisions of the Civil Code apply to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259199INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259198AMD)
3. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259197AMD)
4. **04/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259196AMD)
5. **05/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259195AMD)
6. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259194AMD)
7. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259193AMD)
8. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259192AMD)
9. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259190CHP)
10. **AB2591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591)
11. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2591&version=20150AB259191ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2591 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2591 Dababneh By Hall — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2591 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dababneh — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4948.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5011.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5130.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6397.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b543369-2274-4fe6-bce0-bd7f02d5d4b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).