--- type: "Bill" title: "Insurance." description: "Existing law provides for the powers and duties of the Department of Insurance and the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to deny an application for a production agency license, or revoke an existing license, if the applicant or licenseholder has engaged in specified activities. Existing law requires a hearing to suspend or revoke a license, registration, or certificate of authority that involves allegations of misconduct perpetrated against a person age 65 or over to be held within 90 days after the department's receipt of the notice of defense, unless a continuance is granted. Existing law requires the department to maintain certain records in its office in the City and County of San Francisco." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 1255" citation: "California SB 1255 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Insurance."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"] version_count: 6 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2020-02-21" last_action: "2020-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393ce744-8851-48fd-b82c-706e3bbfc908" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255" source_hash: "af14c51a5ab2963c90ed7f18730b939826e6237f3cb40aaa9b10d590d3c970cc" 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 1255 (20192020) — Insurance. Existing law provides for the powers and duties of the Department of Insurance and the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to deny an application for a production agency license, or revoke an existing license, if the applicant or licenseholder has engaged in specified activities. Existing law requires a hearing to suspend or revoke a license, registration, or certificate of authority that involves allegations of misconduct perpetrated against a person age 65 or over to be held within 90 days after the department's receipt of the notice of defense, unless a continuance is granted. Existing law requires the department to maintain certain records in its office in the City and County of San Francisco. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255&version=20190SB125599INT) 2. **05/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255&version=20190SB125598AMD) 3. **07/30/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255&version=20190SB125597AMD) 4. **09/26/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255&version=20190SB125595CHP) 5. **SB1255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255) 6. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1255&version=20190SB125596ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1255 INS. (Rubio) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent SB1255 INS. — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1255 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Insurance — primary (person) - Lena Gonzalez — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. - **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2020-05-11** Set for hearing May 14. - **2020-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3540.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2020-05-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1. - **2020-06-02** Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure. - **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9. - **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18. - **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3771.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2020-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3817.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-06-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee` - **2020-07-27** July 29 hearing postponed by committee. - **2020-07-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2020-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2020-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5282.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2020-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2020-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2020-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 184, Statutes of 2020. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393ce744-8851-48fd-b82c-706e3bbfc908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).