Insurance: surplus line brokers: statement of business transacted.
Existing law requires, on or before the first day of March of each year, the surplus line broker to file with the Insurance Commissioner a sworn statement of all business transacted under his or her surplus line license during the last preceding calendar year. "Business done" or "business transacted" under a surplus line broker's license means all insurance regarding which that surplus line broker is required to file a confidential written report with the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, as provided. Existing law further provides that if 2 or more persons licensed as surplus line brokers are involved in placing an insurance policy, only the one responsible for negotiating, effecting the placement, remitting the premium to the nonadmitted insurer to its representatives, and filing the confidential written report is considered transacting under his or her surplus line broker's license.
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20112012
SB 131
California SB 131 (20112012)
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Insurance: surplus line brokers: statement of business transacted.
California SB 131 (20112012) — Insurance: surplus line brokers: statement of business transacted.
Existing law requires, on or before the first day of March of each year, the surplus line broker to file with the Insurance Commissioner a sworn statement of all business transacted under his or her surplus line license during the last preceding calendar year. "Business done" or "business transacted" under a surplus line broker's license means all insurance regarding which that surplus line broker is required to file a confidential written report with the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, as provided. Existing law further provides that if 2 or more persons licensed as surplus line brokers are involved in placing an insurance policy, only the one responsible for negotiating, effecting the placement, remitting the premium to the nonadmitted insurer to its representatives, and filing the confidential written report is considered transacting under his or her surplus line broker's license.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 131 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB131 Gaines Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gaines — primary (person)
Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-27 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-01-28 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
2011-02-10 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2011-04-28 Set for hearing May 11.
2011-05-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1139.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2011-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2153.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2011-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 302, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe3fc5ff-ee2f-4141-bd22-7be53aea9de5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).