Under existing law, the California FAIR (fair access to insurance requirements) Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association of state insurers that is established to, among other things, assist persons in securing basic property insurance for qualified property for which insurance cannot be obtained through the normal insurance market. Existing law requires the association to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number through which a person may receive assistance in applying for basic property insurance. Existing law requires an insurer member of the plan to provide to an applicant who is denied coverage the toll-free telephone number for the plan for information and assistance in obtaining basic property insurance. Existing law requires an agent or broker transacting basic property insurance to either assist a person in making an application for insurance through the plan or to provide the person with that toll-free telephone number.
California SB 1302 (20152016) — Basic property insurance: California FAIR Plan.
Under existing law, the California FAIR (fair access to insurance requirements) Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association of state insurers that is established to, among other things, assist persons in securing basic property insurance for qualified property for which insurance cannot be obtained through the normal insurance market. Existing law requires the association to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number through which a person may receive assistance in applying for basic property insurance. Existing law requires an insurer member of the plan to provide to an applicant who is denied coverage the toll-free telephone number for the plan for information and assistance in obtaining basic property insurance. Existing law requires an agent or broker transacting basic property insurance to either assist a person in making an application for insurance through the plan or to provide the person with that toll-free telephone number.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Berryhill — coauthor (person)
Bigelow — coauthor (person)
Dodd — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Roth — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2016-03-18 Set for hearing April 13.
2016-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3560.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2016-05-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2016-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3955.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6023.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5513.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 543, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79e4e709-8451-41fc-bd70-75596b2087ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).