Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to give, at least once each month, in each of the cities in which they have an office, qualifying examinations for agent licenses. Existing law requires every qualifying examination to be in writing and to be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of, and is reasonably familiar with, the insurance laws of this state and with the provisions, terms, and conditions of the insurance that may be transacted pursuant to the license sought, and that the applicant has a general and fair understanding of the obligations and duties of the holder of that license.
California AB 451 (20232024) — Insurance: license examinations.
Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to give, at least once each month, in each of the cities in which they have an office, qualifying examinations for agent licenses. Existing law requires every qualifying examination to be in writing and to be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of, and is reasonably familiar with, the insurance laws of this state and with the provisions, terms, and conditions of the insurance that may be transacted pursuant to the license sought, and that the applicant has a general and fair understanding of the obligations and duties of the holder of that license.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 451 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1370.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52c89e9c-508a-4e37-847b-ec92d2499cc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).