---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life insurance: group policies."
description: "Existing law provides that coverage for unmarried dependent children under a group life insurance policy may continue through 20 years of age, or through 24 years of age if the dependent child is attending an educational institution, or may continue for a child 21 years of age or older who is both incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 220"
citation: "California SB 220 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life insurance: group policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b15178a-199d-49ae-9a12-2ed10dff8bac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB220"
source_hash: "97610a6b958a1f219f80a79c6146f6e81ad4819089100305e0559bc77c2cf28f"
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 220 (20112012) — Life insurance: group policies.

Existing law provides that coverage for unmarried dependent children under a group life insurance policy may continue through 20 years of age, or through 24 years of age if the dependent child is attending an educational institution, or may continue for a child 21 years of age or older who is both incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental retardation or physical handicap.

## 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=201120120SB220&version=20110SB22099INT)
2. **06/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB220&version=20110SB22098AMD)
3. **07/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB220&version=20110SB22096CHP)
4. **SB220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB220)
5. **07/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB220&version=20110SB22097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #2 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 220 Price Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 908.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2101.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b15178a-199d-49ae-9a12-2ed10dff8bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).