republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-571.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical malpractice insurance."
description: "Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including liability insurance. Existing law defines \"liability insurance\" to include, among other things, insurance coverage against the legal liability of the insured, and against loss, damage, or expense incident to a claim arising out of the death or injury of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering professional services by any person who holds a certificate or license issued pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or the Osteopathic Initiative Act, or a license as a community clinic or health facility, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 571"
citation: "California AB 571 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical malpractice insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5e0814-23e6-43d8-bd31-1c0e2f0adb85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571"
source_hash: "3859eafdc40e4a9852891bf4a1afa12f1954188c63d483df6d6a49bece6b6b55"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 571 (20232024) — Medical malpractice insurance.

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including liability insurance. Existing law defines "liability insurance" to include, among other things, insurance coverage against the legal liability of the insured, and against loss, damage, or expense incident to a claim arising out of the death or injury of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering professional services by any person who holds a certificate or license issued pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or the Osteopathic Initiative Act, or a license as a community clinic or health facility, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57199INT)
2. **03/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57198AMD)
3. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57197AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57196AMD)
5. **09/27/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57194CHP)
6. **AB571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB571&version=20230AB57195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 571 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — **63–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 571 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB571 Petrie-Norris et al. By Becker — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** 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`
- **2023-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 2059.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2629.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 3360.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d5e0814-23e6-43d8-bd31-1c0e2f0adb85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).