republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1395.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: special assessments: Seismic Safety Account."
description: "Existing law requires a special purpose assessment of $0.25, commencing July 1, 2014, until January 1, 2016, and not exceeding $0.25 thereafter, on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that, upon appropriation by the Legislature, 23 of the special purpose assessment be used for the purpose of funding the consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance related to regulating automobile insurers, as provided, and 13 of the special purpose assessment be used for the purpose of improving consumer functions of the department, related to regulating automobile insurers, as specified. Existing law also authorizes, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to use up to $0.05 of the $0.25 special purpose assessment revenues collected to notify insurers and other members of the public about the existence of any low-cost automobile insurance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1395"
citation: "California AB 1395 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: special assessments: Seismic Safety Account."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c5a4a9-573d-4096-a7c6-e77831ebc007"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395"
source_hash: "7d0c89e859e1cba7d8aef042c2aa47f58c5b9ce29ac189730c18adfb4b7f275c"
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 AB 1395 (20132014) — Insurance: special assessments: Seismic Safety Account.

Existing law requires a special purpose assessment of $0.25, commencing July 1, 2014, until January 1, 2016, and not exceeding $0.25 thereafter, on each vehicle insured under an insurance policy issued in this state by the insurer. Existing law specifies that, upon appropriation by the Legislature, 23 of the special purpose assessment be used for the purpose of funding the consumer service functions of the Department of Insurance related to regulating automobile insurers, as provided, and 13 of the special purpose assessment be used for the purpose of improving consumer functions of the department, related to regulating automobile insurers, as specified. Existing law also authorizes, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to use up to $0.05 of the $0.25 special purpose assessment revenues collected to notify insurers and other members of the public about the existence of any low-cost automobile insurance program.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/04/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139599INT)
2. **04/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139598AMD)
3. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139597AMD)
4. **06/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139596AMD)
5. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139594CHP)
6. **AB1395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395)
7. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1395&version=20130AB139595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1395 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1395 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1345.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4551.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 6210.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3c5a4a9-573d-4096-a7c6-e77831ebc007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).