republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1200.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle insurance: direct repair programs."
description: "Existing law prohibits insurers from requiring that an automobile be repaired at a specific automotive repair dealer. Under existing law, an insurer may suggest or recommend a specific automotive repair dealer under certain specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1200"
citation: "California AB 1200 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle insurance: direct repair programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a19cdc-3238-47bc-9865-31380a270fbe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200"
source_hash: "9b8fe2ec543ea982ba0fba070eaf24561c57f15262ff114a920f195d53169d85"
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 1200 (20092010) — Motor vehicle insurance: direct repair programs.

Existing law prohibits insurers from requiring that an automobile be repaired at a specific automotive repair dealer. Under existing law, an insurer may suggest or recommend a specific automotive repair dealer under certain specified circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120099INT)
2. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120098AMD)
3. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120097AMD)
4. **07/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120096AMD)
5. **08/18/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120095AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120093CHP)
7. **AB1200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200)
8. **09/11/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1200&version=20090AB120094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1200 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1200 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1200 Hayashi By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1200 Hayashi By Calderon — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1200 Hayashi Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1818.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-06** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-06** (Page 1586.)
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 19. Noes 17. Page 1922.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Calderon.
- **2009-08-24** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1922.)
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 2215.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 19. Page 3231.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 387, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a19cdc-3238-47bc-9865-31380a270fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).