Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, applies to electronic records and electronic signatures of a transaction, and generally prohibits a record or signature from being denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. Existing law exempts from that act specific transactions. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2021, would exempt specified notices regarding the cancellation, expiration, and replacement of insurance policies from that act.
California AB 1065 (20192020) — Insurance transactions: notice: electronic transmission.
Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, applies to electronic records and electronic signatures of a transaction, and generally prohibits a record or signature from being denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. Existing law exempts from that act specific transactions. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2021, would exempt specified notices regarding the cancellation, expiration, and replacement of insurance policies from that act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1065 Berman By Jones — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1065 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1065 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1079.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-04-24 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2203.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2799.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46132b0c-90a6-41df-8b5a-409ad9eb8511. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).