Existing law requires an owner or operator of a motor vehicle, or an owner of a vehicle used to transport passengers for hire not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, to maintain liability insurance coverage for the named insured and any other person using the vehicle with permission in the amount of $15,000 for the bodily injury or death of any one person, $30,000 for the bodily injury or death of all persons, and $5,000 for damage to the property of others resulting from any one accident. Existing law defines "proof of financial responsibility" for purposes of the provisions requiring an owner or operator of a motor vehicle to maintain proof of financial responsibility in these amounts, as specified, or to deposit $35,000 with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, a violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.
California SB 1107 (20212022) — Vehicles: insurance.
Existing law requires an owner or operator of a motor vehicle, or an owner of a vehicle used to transport passengers for hire not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, to maintain liability insurance coverage for the named insured and any other person using the vehicle with permission in the amount of $15,000 for the bodily injury or death of any one person, $30,000 for the bodily injury or death of all persons, and $5,000 for damage to the property of others resulting from any one accident. Existing law defines "proof of financial responsibility" for purposes of the provisions requiring an owner or operator of a motor vehicle to maintain proof of financial responsibility in these amounts, as specified, or to deposit $35,000 with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, a violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1107 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Grayson — 60–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1107 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Archuleta — coauthor (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Laird — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Umberg — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-17 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 20.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 3463.) (April 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-26 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3783.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3920.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2022-06-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 1. Page 5937.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4937.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 717, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6960ce1f-6bd6-4076-9701-bacec9ff2c1c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).