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Bill	Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers.	Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified. In order for a nonadmitted insurer to qualify for coverage it must demonstrate financial stability, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1837	California AB 1837 (20092010)	bill	Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers.	enacted	Gaines	8	26	5	2010-02-12	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6f82650a-3b86-4ab9-8d56-df0610a0a3c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1837	6f082de9f305c8522641d9b6c2c6f739440283ae3cdc3bf2f1f763793afe40bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1837 (20092010) — Insurance transactions: nonadmitted insurers.

Existing law limits the ability of a surplus line broker to place any coverage with a nonadmitted insurer, as specified. In order for a nonadmitted insurer to qualify for coverage it must demonstrate financial stability, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/26/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/10/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1837 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1837 GAINES Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1837 Gaines By Cogdill — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1837 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2010-04-05 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2010-04-05 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
• 2010-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-05-06 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2010-05-06 To second reading.
• 2010-05-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-20 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5240.). reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 5339.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-10 Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. referral-committee
• 2010-07-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-10 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4586.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-19 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
• 2010-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6383.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f82650a-3b86-4ab9-8d56-df0610a0a3c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).