republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1797.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential property insurance."
description: "Existing law requires a named insured on a residential property insurance policy be provided with a copy of the California Residential Property Insurance Disclosure which sets forth a description of certain types of insurance coverage, such as actual cash value coverage and guaranteed replacement cost coverage, as specified. Existing law also requires every California Residential Property Insurance Disclosure be accompanied by a California Residential Property Insurance Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1797"
citation: "California AB 1797 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential property insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986bd583-c772-4772-8941-a57fcb84e3a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797"
source_hash: "dbe82bc6497c430fa3e2f8b572ef8bcd73f8dd9779963274eba646be5e8e7f15"
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 1797 (20172018) — Residential property insurance.

Existing law requires a named insured on a residential property insurance policy be provided with a copy of the California Residential Property Insurance Disclosure which sets forth a description of certain types of insurance coverage, such as actual cash value coverage and guaranteed replacement cost coverage, as specified. Existing law also requires every California Residential Property Insurance Disclosure be accompanied by a California Residential Property Insurance Bill of Rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179799INT)
2. **04/26/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179798AMD)
3. **05/07/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179797AMD)
4. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179796AMD)
5. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179794CHP)
6. **AB1797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797)
7. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1797&version=20170AB179795ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1797 Levine et al. By Gaines — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1797 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1797 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5160.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5103.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6202.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/986bd583-c772-4772-8941-a57fcb84e3a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).