republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-712.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California Insurance Guarantee Association to provide coverage against losses arising from the failure of an insolvent property, casualty, or workers' compensation insurer to discharge its obligations under its insurance policies. The association is managed by a board of governors appointed by the Insurance Commissioner, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "California SB 712 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e5de5c-6ffb-4032-bf93-33b57343110a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712"
source_hash: "d969b8501e8748bf0d12494231712d991ffb3292769441b04fb4cd99c7112a2d"
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 SB 712 (20112012) — Insurance.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Insurance Guarantee Association to provide coverage against losses arising from the failure of an insolvent property, casualty, or workers' compensation insurer to discharge its obligations under its insurance policies. The association is managed by a board of governors appointed by the Insurance Commissioner, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Assembly.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71299INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71298AMD)
3. **04/05/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71297AMD)
4. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71296AMD)
5. **08/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71295AMD)
6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71293CHP)
7. **SB712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712)
8. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB712&version=20110SB71294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #3 SB712 Committee on Ins. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Organization to Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB712 Committee on Ins. (Calderon) Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 712 INS. Senate Third Reading By SOLORIO — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 641.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 765.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1065.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on INS. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-25** Read third time and amended. (Page 2589.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2691.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2335.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9e5de5c-6ffb-4032-bf93-33b57343110a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).