republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2064.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earthquake insurance: mandatory offer."
description: "Existing law prohibits a policy of residential property insurance from being issued or delivered or initially renewed in this state unless the named insured is offered coverage for loss or damage caused by an earthquake, as provided, and, if the offer of earthquake coverage is accepted, requires the insurer to provide certain disclosures based on whether the policy was issued by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2064"
citation: "California AB 2064 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Earthquake insurance: mandatory offer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c0f9f7-fab2-4783-a7b1-36806de79b80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064"
source_hash: "32d3c9efc34c0ad184079fff387e086a5bd210811da60652e5ea52417d71169c"
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 2064 (20132014) — Earthquake insurance: mandatory offer.

Existing law prohibits a policy of residential property insurance from being issued or delivered or initially renewed in this state unless the named insured is offered coverage for loss or damage caused by an earthquake, as provided, and, if the offer of earthquake coverage is accepted, requires the insurer to provide certain disclosures based on whether the policy was issued by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) .

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206499INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206498AMD)
3. **06/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206497AMD)
4. **08/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206496AMD)
5. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206494CHP)
6. **AB2064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064)
7. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2064&version=20130AB206495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2064 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2064 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2064 Cooley By Monning — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** 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`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4970.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4501.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6177.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** 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 419, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c0f9f7-fab2-4783-a7b1-36806de79b80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).