--- type: "Bill" title: "Fire insurance." description: "Existing law generally regulates fire insurance and county mutual fire insurers. Existing law prescribes the standard form for a fire insurance policy or county fire insurance policy. Existing law imposes a 12-month statute of limitations in which to bring suit under a fire insurance policy or a county fire insurance policy after a loss. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an insurer or agent to countersign or issue a fire policy that varies from the California standard form of policy." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2594" citation: "California AB 2594 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fire insurance."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"] version_count: 7 action_count: 22 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2018-02-15" last_action: "2018-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e82f0fe-04e4-4097-b2a1-45eb8ff5e0d8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594" source_hash: "967e8ad38a9de67556006b88d645445ee48f6e8449c34125741b0788ed9be00c" 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 2594 (20172018) — Fire insurance. Existing law generally regulates fire insurance and county mutual fire insurers. Existing law prescribes the standard form for a fire insurance policy or county fire insurance policy. Existing law imposes a 12-month statute of limitations in which to bring suit under a fire insurance policy or a county fire insurance policy after a loss. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an insurer or agent to countersign or issue a fire policy that varies from the California standard form of policy. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259499INT) 2. **04/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259498AMD) 3. **07/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259497AMD) 4. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259496AMD) 5. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259494CHP) 6. **AB2594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594) 7. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2594&version=20170AB259495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2594 FRIEDMAN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **80–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2594 FRIEDMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2594 Friedman By Gaines Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Friedman — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. - **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-11** 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` - **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5131.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2018-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5288.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-20** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6374.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e82f0fe-04e4-4097-b2a1-45eb8ff5e0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).