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Bill	Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs.	Existing law requires an insurer issuing an automobile collision policy or a policy for comprehensive coverage for a motor vehicle to make the payment in a specified manner if the covered automobile is damaged and the insurer elects to have the automobile repaired.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1538	California AB 1538 (20192020)	bill	Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs.	enacted	Weber	6	20	5	2019-02-22	2019-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/fdb1aecc-653f-42cb-aa4e-fa8ee24b6225	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1538	2990df022e8abb1c8d8611680c54951d9b944ef5904d63aaafaef9b63ae8240b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1538 (20192020) — Automobile collision coverage: payment for repairs.

Existing law requires an insurer issuing an automobile collision policy or a policy for comprehensive coverage for a motor vehicle to make the payment in a specified manner if the covered automobile is damaged and the insurer elects to have the automobile repaired.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/30/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1538 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/09/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1538 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1538 Weber Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1538 Weber By Mitchell — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Weber — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 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
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1191.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-04-24 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 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
• 2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1868.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-07-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2566.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdb1aecc-653f-42cb-aa4e-fa8ee24b6225. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).