republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2056.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: pet insurance."
description: "Existing law governs the business of insurance and authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to provide oversight over the insurance industry including, life and disability insurance, health insurance, workers' compensation, and liability insurance. The commissioner is authorized to, among other things, conduct investigations and bring enforcement actions against insurers for violations of the laws governing the business of insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2056"
citation: "California AB 2056 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: pet insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5658fbfb-fd82-4b54-8b75-0d6ef02de86a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056"
source_hash: "9d16e48b8110ad161d6687810b62e9b0a1ddccacdc6517619bfd9c79fafc9518"
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 2056 (20132014) — Insurance: pet insurance.

Existing law governs the business of insurance and authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to provide oversight over the insurance industry including, life and disability insurance, health insurance, workers' compensation, and liability insurance. The commissioner is authorized to, among other things, conduct investigations and bring enforcement actions against insurers for violations of the laws governing the business of insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205699INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205698AMD)
3. **05/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205697AMD)
4. **08/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205696AMD)
5. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205694CHP)
6. **AB2056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2056&version=20130AB205695ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2056 Dababneh By Lieu — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2056 DABABNEH Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2056 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dababneh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4969.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** From consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4410.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6086.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 896, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5658fbfb-fd82-4b54-8b75-0d6ef02de86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).