republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-430.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Insurance Guarantee Association: covered claims."
description: "Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact specified insurance lines in this state to become members. CIGA is required to pay and discharge covered claims, and in connection therewith, pay for or furnish loss adjustment services and defenses of claimants when required by policy provisions. CIGA is authorized to fulfill its duties either directly by itself or through a servicing facility or through a contract for reinsurance and assumption of liabilities by one or more member insurers or through a contract with the liquidator, upon terms satisfactory to CIGA and to the liquidator, under which payments on covered claims would be made by the liquidator using funds provided by CIGA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 430"
citation: "California SB 430 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Insurance Guarantee Association: covered claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dba4d8c-a2c3-4841-8b28-d0f2c335ba8f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430"
source_hash: "467b8171d45a3b322000b73dd2f085fbc24eb9d8dfb583998b12a07a29b3b168"
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 430 (20172018) — California Insurance Guarantee Association: covered claims.

Existing law creates the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and requires all insurers admitted to transact specified insurance lines in this state to become members. CIGA is required to pay and discharge covered claims, and in connection therewith, pay for or furnish loss adjustment services and defenses of claimants when required by policy provisions. CIGA is authorized to fulfill its duties either directly by itself or through a servicing facility or through a contract for reinsurance and assumption of liabilities by one or more member insurers or through a contract with the liquidator, upon terms satisfactory to CIGA and to the liquidator, under which payments on covered claims would be made by the liquidator using funds provided by CIGA.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430&version=20170SB43099INT)
2. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430&version=20170SB43098AMD)
3. **09/23/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430&version=20170SB43096CHP)
4. **SB430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430)
5. **09/01/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB430&version=20170SB43097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 430 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1100.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1080.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2853.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 268, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dba4d8c-a2c3-4841-8b28-d0f2c335ba8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).