Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

99 lines
8.0 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care benefits."
description: "Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life and long-term care insurance. Under existing law, a life insurance policy may accelerate long-term care benefits as an alternative to a life settlement. Existing law authorizes an accelerated death benefit to be added to a life insurance policy to provide for the advance payment of a part of the death proceeds if a qualifying event, including a terminal or chronic illness, occurs. Existing law imposes requirements on an insurer before the lapse or termination of a long-term care insurance policy or certificate, and requires a long-term care insurance policy or certificate to provide for reinstatement of coverage if the insured has a cognitive impairment and specified criteria are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1209"
citation: "California AB 1209 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term care benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/738e6033-69d3-4fe8-b3c8-dafe988259dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209"
source_hash: "068e7c545d51febd42c1f7416b43eff5759ed14a027269d98efe4d1ed22e7697"
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 1209 (20192020) — Long-term care benefits.
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life and long-term care insurance. Under existing law, a life insurance policy may accelerate long-term care benefits as an alternative to a life settlement. Existing law authorizes an accelerated death benefit to be added to a life insurance policy to provide for the advance payment of a part of the death proceeds if a qualifying event, including a terminal or chronic illness, occurs. Existing law imposes requirements on an insurer before the lapse or termination of a long-term care insurance policy or certificate, and requires a long-term care insurance policy or certificate to provide for reinstatement of coverage if the insured has a cognitive impairment and specified criteria are met.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120999INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120998AMD)
3. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120997AMD)
4. **06/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120996AMD)
5. **09/05/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120995AMD)
6. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120993CHP)
7. **AB1209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209)
8. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1209&version=20190AB120994ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1209 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **140** (pass) · lower
- AB 1209 Nazarian Assembly Third Reading — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1209 Nazarian et al. By Rubio — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Nazarian — primary (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (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.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1629.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-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`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2774.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3386.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 625, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/738e6033-69d3-4fe8-b3c8-dafe988259dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).