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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: surplus line brokers: certificates."
description: "Insurance: surplus line brokers: certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 478"
citation: "California AB 478 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: surplus line brokers: certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8b4ef22-acd1-45c9-8e14-bd2fa826f48a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478"
source_hash: "bc794bb6ae8a6806e0894487c39876dc25e5a439fda7180b697b117e8df0e050"
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 478 (19992000) — Insurance: surplus line brokers: certificates.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478&version=19990AB47899INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478&version=19990AB47898AMD)
3. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478&version=19990AB47897AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478&version=19990AB47895CHP)
5. **AB478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB478&version=19990AB47896ENR)
## Votes
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 478 COX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB478 Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cox — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3216.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2304.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2211.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 26). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8b4ef22-acd1-45c9-8e14-bd2fa826f48a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).