Existing law, until January 1, 2010, imposes on an insurer a $0.30 special purpose assessment on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that $0.20 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund specified consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance relating to motor vehicle insurance. Existing law further specifies that the remaining $0.10 of each $0.30 assessment shall be used to fund the improvement of certain consumer functions of the department.
California AB 601 (20092010) — Motor vehicle insurance: special assessments.
Existing law, until January 1, 2010, imposes on an insurer a $0.30 special purpose assessment on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that $0.20 of each $0.30 special purpose assessment shall be used to fund specified consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance relating to motor vehicle insurance. Existing law further specifies that the remaining $0.10 of each $0.30 assessment shall be used to fund the improvement of certain consumer functions of the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Garrick — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
2009-03-16 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2009-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2009-05-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1957.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-18 Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. referral-committee
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: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2021.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-01 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/735ceba1-3e41-4dc9-a1c9-2d01c03d8f6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).