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type: "Bill"
title: "Earthquake insurance."
description: "Existing law prohibits an insurer who charges an additional earthquake insurance premium or deductible because a dwelling fails to meet certain building requirements relating to earthquake bracing from charging the additional premium or deductible if the dwelling is brought into compliance with those requirements, as specified. Existing law requires a copy of the approved inspection record for the building permit for work performed to bring the dwelling into compliance to be submitted by the insured to the insurer in order to verify that the retrofits have been performed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "California SB 335 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Earthquake insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31f59691-51fc-4fea-9734-2d6e8fe11b24"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB335"
source_hash: "55e4f3d76dd9c7c75b69f24628927a57f60ef7b11ee26dfe97aa2257cd17332f"
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 SB 335 (20152016) — Earthquake insurance.
Existing law prohibits an insurer who charges an additional earthquake insurance premium or deductible because a dwelling fails to meet certain building requirements relating to earthquake bracing from charging the additional premium or deductible if the dwelling is brought into compliance with those requirements, as specified. Existing law requires a copy of the approved inspection record for the building permit for work performed to bring the dwelling into compliance to be submitted by the insured to the insurer in order to verify that the retrofits have been performed.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB335&version=20150SB33599INT)
2. **07/15/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB335&version=20150SB33597CHP)
3. **SB335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB335)
4. **07/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB335&version=20150SB33598ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **340** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 335 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Roth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 727.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 843.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2232.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 97, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31f59691-51fc-4fea-9734-2d6e8fe11b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).