Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to require specified licensees, at the time of issuance or renewal of a license, to provide its federal employer identification number if the licensee is a partnership or his or her social security number for all others. Existing law also provides that any licensee failing to provide this information shall be reported by the licensing entity to the Franchise Tax Board, as specified, and shall be subject to a penalty if the licensee fails to provide the required information after notification by the board. Existing law requires the commissioner, upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, to furnish the board with specified information with respect to every licensee, including, but not limited to, the federal employer identification number if the entity is a partnership or the owner's name and social security number for all others. Existing law exempts the required information from the California Public Records Act.
California SB 788 (20172018) — Insurance: licensing: requirements.
Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to require specified licensees, at the time of issuance or renewal of a license, to provide its federal employer identification number if the licensee is a partnership or his or her social security number for all others. Existing law also provides that any licensee failing to provide this information shall be reported by the licensing entity to the Franchise Tax Board, as specified, and shall be subject to a penalty if the licensee fails to provide the required information after notification by the board. Existing law requires the commissioner, upon request of the Franchise Tax Board, to furnish the board with specified information with respect to every licensee, including, but not limited to, the federal employer identification number if the entity is a partnership or the owner's name and social security number for all others. Existing law exempts the required information from the California Public Records Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB788 Lara Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-04-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 26.
2017-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1101.) (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 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1311.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2017-07-03 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
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3479.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3010.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 487, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1107ff6b-f88f-4ebc-8cca-8a5b07e14df8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).