Existing law provides for liability insurance to protect against loss resulting from liability for an injury suffered by a person or for damage to property. Existing case law establishes obligations liability insurers have to the insured, including the duty to indemnify and the duty to defend. Existing law limits damages for a breach of contract to damages proximately caused by or likely to result from the breach and requires these damages to be ascertainable in both their nature and origin. Existing law provides that stipulations that are necessary to make a contract reasonable or conformable to usage but are not contrary to the contract's manifest intention are implied. Existing case law allows for extracontractual damages for a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing where an insurer unreasonably refused to accept a settlement offer within the policy limits against the insured. Existing law allows any party to serve an offer to allow judgment to be taken or an award to be entered in accordance with specified terms and conditions. If an offer made by the plaintiff is not accepted by the defendant and the defendant fails to obtain a more favorable judgment or award, the court or arbitration may require the defendant to pay a reasonable sum to cover plaintiff's postoffer expert witnesses' services, as specified, in addition to plaintiff's costs.
California SB 1155 (20212022) — Liability claims: time-limited demands.
Existing law provides for liability insurance to protect against loss resulting from liability for an injury suffered by a person or for damage to property. Existing case law establishes obligations liability insurers have to the insured, including the duty to indemnify and the duty to defend. Existing law limits damages for a breach of contract to damages proximately caused by or likely to result from the breach and requires these damages to be ascertainable in both their nature and origin. Existing law provides that stipulations that are necessary to make a contract reasonable or conformable to usage but are not contrary to the contract's manifest intention are implied. Existing case law allows for extracontractual damages for a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing where an insurer unreasonably refused to accept a settlement offer within the policy limits against the insured. Existing law allows any party to serve an offer to allow judgment to be taken or an award to be entered in accordance with specified terms and conditions. If an offer made by the plaintiff is not accepted by the defendant and the defendant fails to obtain a more favorable judgment or award, the court or arbitration may require the defendant to pay a reasonable sum to cover plaintiff's postoffer expert witnesses' services, as specified, in addition to plaintiff's costs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1155 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Grayson — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1155 Caballero Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1155 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (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 JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-07 Set for hearing May 3.
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3596.) (May 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2022-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-17 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3786.) (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
2022-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3986.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5880.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-18 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4899.) 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 719, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e37a0df-5cf2-4719-ab93-07118bdeb228. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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