republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2717.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: agents and brokers: senior designation: use."
description: "Existing law provides that a broker or agent may not use a senior designation unless he or she has met certain conditions, including, but not limited to, that the broker or agent has been granted the right and is currently authorized to use the senior designation by the organization that issues the designation, and the senior designation has been approved by the Insurance Commissioner for use by brokers and agents in the sale of insurance to seniors, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2717"
citation: "California AB 2717 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: agents and brokers: senior designation: use."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aa1a6b3-6088-4a2a-974a-e5825b27b13e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717"
source_hash: "fdd8809b6ee83056fe30f9d245485c6890f377e0a8ec886f0385f9ecfc182d35"
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 2717 (20092010) — Insurance: agents and brokers: senior designation: use.

Existing law provides that a broker or agent may not use a senior designation unless he or she has met certain conditions, including, but not limited to, that the broker or agent has been granted the right and is currently authorized to use the senior designation by the organization that issues the designation, and the senior designation has been approved by the Insurance Commissioner for use by brokers and agents in the sale of insurance to seniors, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271799INT)
2. **04/07/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271798AMD)
3. **04/26/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271797AMD)
4. **06/03/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271796AMD)
5. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271795AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271793CHP)
7. **AB2717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717)
8. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2717&version=20090AB271794ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2717 SKINNER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2717 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2717 Skinner — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on RULES by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on INS. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** (Corrected May 17.)
- **2010-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5236.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4411.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6163.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aa1a6b3-6088-4a2a-974a-e5825b27b13e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).