(1) Existing law provides for the Insurance Commissioner to issue a communications equipment insurance agent license to a communications equipment vendor, as defined, authorizing the vendor to sell or offer to its customers insurance covering communications equipment and the sale or provision of services for communications equipment. Existing law authorizes employees and franchisees of the vendor to be listed as endorsees on the license for the purpose of selling or offering communications equipment insurance under the authority of the agent's license. Existing law imposes certain requirements on the licensees and endorsees with respect to training and other related matters. Existing law makes it a crime to sell or offer for sale communications equipment insurance without a production agency license.
California AB 690 (20112012) — Portable electronics insurance.
(1) Existing law provides for the Insurance Commissioner to issue a communications equipment insurance agent license to a communications equipment vendor, as defined, authorizing the vendor to sell or offer to its customers insurance covering communications equipment and the sale or provision of services for communications equipment. Existing law authorizes employees and franchisees of the vendor to be listed as endorsees on the license for the purpose of selling or offering communications equipment insurance under the authority of the agent's license. Existing law imposes certain requirements on the licensees and endorsees with respect to training and other related matters. Existing law makes it a crime to sell or offer for sale communications equipment insurance without a production agency license.
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. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 690 SOLORIO Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
AB 690 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Solorio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1354.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2011-05-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-06 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-07-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1787.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-07-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2324.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-07-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2011-08-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-08-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e29dee26-4fd1-4119-bf63-db0ffebe2462. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).