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Bill	Insurance: notice: electronic transmission.	Existing law authorizes any written notice required to be given or mailed to any person by an insurer relating to any insurance on risks or on operations in this state, with exceptions, to be provided by electronic transmission if each party has agreed to conduct the transaction by electronic means, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 251	California SB 251 (20132014)	bill	Insurance: notice: electronic transmission.	enacted	Calderon	9	33	7	2013-02-12	2013-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a14b283c-eca0-4640-8ed4-2a790241f514	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB251	c18039382abd3c74f83211638935a5d51fecf44a072200142882b68389dd887e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 251 (20132014) — Insurance: notice: electronic transmission.

Existing law authorizes any written notice required to be given or mailed to any person by an insurer relating to any insurance on risks or on operations in this state, with exceptions, to be provided by electronic transmission if each party has agreed to conduct the transaction by electronic means, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/05/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB251 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/11/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB251 Calderon Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 251 Calderon Senate Third Reading By PEREA — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calderon — primary (person)
• Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• Hall — coauthor (person)
• Pan — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Re-referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-03-28 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2013-04-10 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-16 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2013-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 662.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-05-01 Ordered to second reading.
• 2013-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 863.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-20 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-12 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3015.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2299.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
• 2013-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 369, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a14b283c-eca0-4640-8ed4-2a790241f514. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).