---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care and disability insurance."
description: "(1) Existing law generally provides for the regulation of the business of long-term care insurance by the Department of Insurance pursuant to laws set forth in the Insurance Code. Existing law specifically requires certain long-term care policies to state the threshold for establishing eligibility for home care benefits and provide specific information relating to the provision of an alternative plan of care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2180"
citation: "California AB 2180 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term care and disability insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4618c4bf-0caf-4bf2-bd5a-7de940fae619"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180"
source_hash: "2594ec7cf25f2006129ecf30fa5b89a0ee264473188d56955244c7e83524df1d"
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 2180 (20172018) — Long-term care and disability insurance.

(1) Existing law generally provides for the regulation of the business of long-term care insurance by the Department of Insurance pursuant to laws set forth in the Insurance Code. Existing law specifically requires certain long-term care policies to state the threshold for establishing eligibility for home care benefits and provide specific information relating to the provision of an alternative plan of care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180&version=20170AB218099INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180&version=20170AB218098AMD)
3. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180&version=20170AB218096CHP)
4. **AB2180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180)
5. **07/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2180&version=20170AB218097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2180 KALRA Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2180 Kalra By Gaines — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4643.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5104.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4618c4bf-0caf-4bf2-bd5a-7de940fae619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).