republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2956.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: agents and brokers."
description: "Insurance: agents and brokers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2956"
citation: "California AB 2956 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: agents and brokers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db6a986-8864-4941-a019-763b94d92d8d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956"
source_hash: "06da045b0d182e42cb84fcd619c4de94d5ec36a8e0826489504840e36d74305a"
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 2956 (20072008) — Insurance: agents and brokers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295699INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295698AMD)
3. **04/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295697AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295696AMD)
5. **08/07/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295695AMD)
6. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295693CHP)
7. **AB2956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956)
8. **08/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2956&version=20070AB295694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2956 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2956 Coto By Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2956 COTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 6. Page 5250.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
- **2008-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6498.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db6a986-8864-4941-a019-763b94d92d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).