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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: life agents."
description: "Existing law does not require an applicant for a life-only license or a life-only license limited to the payment of funeral and burial expenses, who is limited by the terms of a written agreement with an insurer that has filed on that life-only agent's behalf a notice of appointment with the commissioner to transact only specific life insurance policies or annuities having an initial face amount of $15,000 or less that are designated by the purchaser for the payment of funeral and burial expenses, to take the full life agent examination to obtain a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2279"
citation: "California AB 2279 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: life agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da299f94-c80f-46b8-ab60-d542d7d3fc20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279"
source_hash: "d7fb75e8c082d5a4f80b4a8c686177970130a72ffeb641a6b478c3e1f4d4b83d"
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 2279 (20132014) — Insurance: life agents.
Existing law does not require an applicant for a life-only license or a life-only license limited to the payment of funeral and burial expenses, who is limited by the terms of a written agreement with an insurer that has filed on that life-only agent's behalf a notice of appointment with the commissioner to transact only specific life insurance policies or annuities having an initial face amount of $15,000 or less that are designated by the purchaser for the payment of funeral and burial expenses, to take the full life agent examination to obtain a license.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279&version=20130AB227999INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279&version=20130AB227998AMD)
3. **07/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279&version=20130AB227996CHP)
4. **AB2279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279)
5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2279&version=20130AB227997ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **120** (pass) · lower
- AB 2279 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **100** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #17**320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hagman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** 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`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. 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 4968.) `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`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da299f94-c80f-46b8-ab60-d542d7d3fc20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).