republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-447.md

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Bill	Property insurance: discrimination.	Existing law prohibits an admitted insurer licensed to issue policies of residential property insurance from failing or refusing to accept an application for, or issuing a policy to an applicant for, that insurance, except as specified, or from canceling the insurance, under conditions less favorable to the insured than in other comparable cases, except for reasons applicable alike to persons of every sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation. Existing law provides that sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation shall not, of itself, constitute a condition or risk for which a higher rate, premium, or charge may be required of the insured.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 447	California AB 447 (20152016)	bill	Property insurance: discrimination.	enacted	Maienschein	7	20	5	2015-02-23	2015-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/0b3d8f1e-de57-43ef-93cc-c9a737300beb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB447	e0514acf520d6f992da13b3aba8f4b2edb1efd176e0fa8f2fe3254e95ba3917c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 447 (20152016) — Property insurance: discrimination.

Existing law prohibits an admitted insurer licensed to issue policies of residential property insurance from failing or refusing to accept an application for, or issuing a policy to an applicant for, that insurance, except as specified, or from canceling the insurance, under conditions less favorable to the insured than in other comparable cases, except for reasons applicable alike to persons of every sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation. Existing law provides that sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation shall not, of itself, constitute a condition or risk for which a higher rate, premium, or charge may be required of the insured.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/29/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/02/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB447 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 447 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–6 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB447 Maienschein By Lara — 30–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 447 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — 75–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 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
• 2015-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1760.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 1906.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 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
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 2278.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 2769.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 432, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b3d8f1e-de57-43ef-93cc-c9a737300beb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).