republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: disclosures."
description: "(1) Existing law requires an insurer, upon receiving notice of a claim, to immediately, but not more than 15 calendar days after receipt, provide the insured with a legible reproduction of the specified Insurance Code section, in at least 12-point type, detailing acts prohibited as unfair trade practices, and a written notice, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "California SB 596 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/160c3a88-18a5-441b-b092-0130a6185447"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596"
source_hash: "21f252dd0c159f20c30c4a8677de8385c9a7320da60135b273863afe9218cb49"
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 SB 596 (20112012) — Insurance: disclosures.

(1) Existing law requires an insurer, upon receiving notice of a claim, to immediately, but not more than 15 calendar days after receipt, provide the insured with a legible reproduction of the specified Insurance Code section, in at least 12-point type, detailing acts prohibited as unfair trade practices, and a written notice, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59699INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59698AMD)
3. **05/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59697AMD)
4. **06/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59696AMD)
5. **07/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59695AMD)
6. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59693CHP)
7. **SB596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596)
8. **08/23/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB596&version=20110SB59694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #8 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 596 Price Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-25** 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`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 9041.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** 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`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2017.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 240, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/160c3a88-18a5-441b-b092-0130a6185447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).