Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, sets forth various requirements with respect to operation as an insurance adjuster in this state and prohibits a person from engaging in a business regulated by the act, or acting or assuming to act as, or representing themselves to be, an insurance adjuster unless the person is licensed under the act. Existing law also prohibits a person from falsely representing that the person is employed by a licensee. Existing law exempts a person from the requirements of the Insurance Adjuster Act if the person is employed exclusively and regularly by one employer, as specified, with which the person has an employer-employee relationship. If the commissioner declares an emergency situation, existing law authorizes a nonlicensed insurance adjuster to adjust claims if certain requirements are met, including that the nonlicensed insurance adjuster registers with the commissioner via a written letter naming the nonlicensed adjuster, identifying adjuster licenses held in other jurisdictions, and stating when the claims adjusting activity began in the emergency situation. Existing law requires an insurer to provide an insured with a written status report if the insurer assigns a 3rd or subsequent adjuster to be primarily responsible for a claim within a 6-month period. Existing law provides that if a specified licensee, not including an insurance adjuster, enters the military service of the United States and is in the military service at the time of filing a license renewal application, the application filing is waived and the license remains in force during the licensee's military service and for a specified time afterward.
California SB 240 (20192020) — Insurance Adjuster Act.
Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law, the Insurance Adjuster Act, sets forth various requirements with respect to operation as an insurance adjuster in this state and prohibits a person from engaging in a business regulated by the act, or acting or assuming to act as, or representing themselves to be, an insurance adjuster unless the person is licensed under the act. Existing law also prohibits a person from falsely representing that the person is employed by a licensee. Existing law exempts a person from the requirements of the Insurance Adjuster Act if the person is employed exclusively and regularly by one employer, as specified, with which the person has an employer-employee relationship. If the commissioner declares an emergency situation, existing law authorizes a nonlicensed insurance adjuster to adjust claims if certain requirements are met, including that the nonlicensed insurance adjuster registers with the commissioner via a written letter naming the nonlicensed adjuster, identifying adjuster licenses held in other jurisdictions, and stating when the claims adjusting activity began in the emergency situation. Existing law requires an insurer to provide an insured with a written status report if the insurer assigns a 3rd or subsequent adjuster to be primarily responsible for a claim within a 6-month period. Existing law provides that if a specified licensee, not including an insurance adjuster, enters the military service of the United States and is in the military service at the time of filing a license renewal application, the application filing is waived and the license remains in force during the licensee's military service and for a specified time afterward.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent (Urgency Clause) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
SB 240 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By Daly — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2019-04-09 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 850.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1033.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1158.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-03 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2019-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
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 with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2806.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-08-30 Urgency clause adopted.
2019-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2327.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 502, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/659b0740-6267-4b34-8f5c-913af87d07fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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