republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: sales: Internet: disclosure."
description: "Insurance: sales: Internet: disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2251"
citation: "California AB 2251 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: sales: Internet: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3126c3-1341-4f56-a794-6938a5174f21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251"
source_hash: "4a5a3d69f7a9c1348f9ef31724d239debab5d4824c2964002b5217f798564a89"
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 2251 (19992000) — Insurance: sales: Internet: disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225199INT)
2. **04/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225198AMD)
3. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225197AMD)
4. **05/15/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225196AMD)
5. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225195AMD)
6. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225194AMD)
7. **08/09/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225192CHP)
8. **AB2251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251)
9. **08/07/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2251&version=19990AB225193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2251 COX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 2251 COX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Information Technology. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2251 Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 7743.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5497.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6450.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on INFO. TECH. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INFO. TECH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on INFO. TECH. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and INFO. TECH. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f3126c3-1341-4f56-a794-6938a5174f21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).