republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2710.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: premium charges."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact specified insurance lines in this state to become members. Each time an insurer becomes insolvent, to the extent necessary to secure funds for payment of covered claims of that insolvent insurer and also for payment of reasonable costs of adjusting the claims, CIGA is required to collect premium payments from its member insurers sufficient to discharge its obligations, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2710"
citation: "California AB 2710 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: premium charges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ae963b-379b-45e4-af83-dc4084a0c72b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710"
source_hash: "722b22c8d8f5946550db10909984d27e0c7371a236d647afa1a023385aa6bad4"
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 2710 (20152016) — Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: premium charges.

(1) Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact specified insurance lines in this state to become members. Each time an insurer becomes insolvent, to the extent necessary to secure funds for payment of covered claims of that insolvent insurer and also for payment of reasonable costs of adjusting the claims, CIGA is required to collect premium payments from its member insurers sufficient to discharge its obligations, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271099INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271098AMD)
3. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271097AMD)
4. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271096AMD)
5. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271094CHP)
6. **AB2710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710)
7. **08/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2710&version=20150AB271095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2710 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2710 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4262.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4649.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5640.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10ae963b-379b-45e4-af83-dc4084a0c72b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).