---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus line brokers."
description: "Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 315"
citation: "California AB 315 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus line brokers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e9b0e6-98de-41ac-b525-100e2a415f57"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315"
source_hash: "9927cf047e16b215234b1cea0527643d5f6a2134fa1865cc77fbb51387877c30"
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 315 (20112012) — Surplus line brokers.

Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315&version=20110AB31599INT)
2. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315&version=20110AB31598AMD)
3. **05/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315&version=20110AB31597AMD)
4. **07/15/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315&version=20110AB31595CHP)
5. **AB315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315)
6. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB315&version=20110AB31596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 315 SOLORIO Third Reading Urgency — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB315 Solorio By Gaines Urgency Clause — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-07** 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`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1685.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e9b0e6-98de-41ac-b525-100e2a415f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).