Existing law authorizes the Insurance Commissioner or their designated deputy commissioner to convene meetings with insurance companies to discuss specific information concerning suspected, anticipated, or completed acts of insurance fraud. Existing law protects a person sharing information pursuant to that authorization from civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant cause of action if the commissioner or their designated deputy commissioner is present at the meeting and advises meeting participants of guidelines to ensure compliance with federal and state antitrust laws, as specified, and if there is no fraud or malice on the part of the participants.
California AB 1681 (20212022) — Insurance: fraud prevention and detection.
Existing law authorizes the Insurance Commissioner or their designated deputy commissioner to convene meetings with insurance companies to discuss specific information concerning suspected, anticipated, or completed acts of insurance fraud. Existing law protects a person sharing information pursuant to that authorization from civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant cause of action if the commissioner or their designated deputy commissioner is present at the meeting and advises meeting participants of guidelines to ensure compliance with federal and state antitrust laws, as specified, and if there is no fraud or malice on the part of the participants.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1681 Daly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB1681 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1681 Daly Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Daly — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-01-25 From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
2022-02-03 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-02-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-02-08 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4958.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4976.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 861, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19b661ff-ced7-441a-8bed-1205432959f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).