republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-996.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 996"
citation: "California AB 996 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3207eb8d-df1c-4aad-9115-f2dca443efab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996"
source_hash: "89a76fda3aee052391c271097b185392e77ae1831f1e7a438b6122b3fe297c6d"
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 996 (20032004) — Insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99699INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99698AMD)
3. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99697AMD)
4. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99696AMD)
5. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99695AMD)
6. **10/01/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99693CHP)
7. **AB996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB996&version=20030AB99694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 996 wiggins assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 996 wiggins concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab996 wiggins by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 647, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3290.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2172.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/3207eb8d-df1c-4aad-9115-f2dca443efab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).