Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to bring a superior court action to enjoin a person who is violating or about to violate the Insurance Code. Existing law also authorizes the commissioner to apply to the clerk of the superior court for a judgment to enforce an order requiring a person to pay a monetary penalty or reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in prosecuting the matter.
California SB 1040 (20212022) — Insurance: restitution.
Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to bring a superior court action to enjoin a person who is violating or about to violate the Insurance Code. Existing law also authorizes the commissioner to apply to the clerk of the superior court for a judgment to enforce an order requiring a person to pay a monetary penalty or reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in prosecuting the matter.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1040 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB1040 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rubio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing March 31.
2022-03-31 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3293.) (March 31). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-04 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3436.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3646.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-12 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-07-29 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-08-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5954.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 540, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db31964b-4fc4-4009-bc85-42521a1b0803. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).