Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: insolvency.
Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact insurance in this state to become members. Existing law requires CIGA to collect premium payments from members and to discharge covered claims, as defined, of an insolvent insurer. CIGA is required to allocate its claim payments and costs based on categories of insurance, including, but not limited to, workers' compensation claims and homeowners' claims.
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AB 822
California AB 822 (20152016)
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Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: insolvency.
California AB 822 (20152016) — Insurance: California Insurance Guarantee Association: insolvency.
Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact insurance in this state to become members. Existing law requires CIGA to collect premium payments from members and to discharge covered claims, as defined, of an insolvent insurer. CIGA is required to allocate its claim payments and costs based on categories of insurance, including, but not limited to, workers' compensation claims and homeowners' claims.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 822 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
AB 822 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cooley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2015-04-06 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
2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 977.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2015-06-01 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
2015-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-06-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1551.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-06-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2142.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2015-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d5916b6-9276-43a5-9668-9df9add32513. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).