republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-495.md

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Bill	Insurance.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, which regulates insurers and insurance practices. When an insurer obtains reinsurance, existing law requires them to communicate all the representations of the original insured, and also all the knowledge and information they possess, as specified, which are material to the risk.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 495	California SB 495 (20252026)	bill	Insurance	enacted	Allen	7	31	10	2025-02-19	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/cb16053d-850e-4b13-bb29-414f3ff747dd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB495	af8d9ab94f821a120a9e22fd57cf500016126db5528047a3b6a0f50b3bd89618	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 495 (20252026) — Insurance.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, which regulates insurers and insurance practices. When an insurer obtains reinsurance, existing law requires them to communicate all the representations of the original insured, and also all the knowledge and information they possess, as specified, which are material to the risk.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB495 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB495 Allen et al. Concurrence — 28–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 495 Allen Senate Third Reading By Harabedian — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
• 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 941.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1456.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3450.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 3062.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 542, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb16053d-850e-4b13-bb29-414f3ff747dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).