---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: registration statements."
description: "Existing law governs the business of insurance and authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to provide oversight over the insurance industry, including conducting investigations and bringing enforcement actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1234"
citation: "California AB 1234 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: registration statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040a310c-994e-4ac8-805f-d194fa13ddbc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234"
source_hash: "9eb2b15587e4ecfa5b59695cd0a297a2e84d5bfbfcb81546ca3e822fc86ffcf8"
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 1234 (20132014) — Insurance: registration statements.

Existing law governs the business of insurance and authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to provide oversight over the insurance industry, including conducting investigations and bringing enforcement actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123499INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123498AMD)
3. **01/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123497AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123496AMD)
5. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123494CHP)
6. **AB1234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234)
7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1234&version=20130AB123495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1234 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1234 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1234 Levine By Monning — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Insurance. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-01-06** 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`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3499.)
- **2014-01-06** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3499.)
- **2014-01-06** (pending re-referral to the Com. on INS.)
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3658.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6239.)
- **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6454.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 448, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/040a310c-994e-4ac8-805f-d194fa13ddbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).