republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-662.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Structural pest control operators: financial responsibility."
description: "Existing law requires, in order to be allowed to do business in this state, that structural pest control operators file with the Structural Pest Control Board written evidence of an insurance policy approved by the board or a bond, as specified, in effect at the time of the issuance of the company's registration by the board. The insurance policy is required to provide minimum limits of $25,000 for any one loss due to bodily injury, sickness, or disease, including death, sustained by a person, and $25,000 minimum for any one loss due to injury or destruction of property, including loss of use. A violation of the financial responsibility provisions for structural pest control operators is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 662"
citation: "California SB 662 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Structural pest control operators: financial responsibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be496857-d128-42ed-8f5a-fa9e8930da9f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB662"
source_hash: "f84760541133b027334d34a792dedcd72f535314b6022a764c21c2529cff1a19"
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 662 (20132014) — Structural pest control operators: financial responsibility.

Existing law requires, in order to be allowed to do business in this state, that structural pest control operators file with the Structural Pest Control Board written evidence of an insurance policy approved by the board or a bond, as specified, in effect at the time of the issuance of the company's registration by the board. The insurance policy is required to provide minimum limits of $25,000 for any one loss due to bodily injury, sickness, or disease, including death, sustained by a person, and $25,000 minimum for any one loss due to injury or destruction of property, including loss of use. A violation of the financial responsibility provisions for structural pest control operators is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB662&version=20130SB66299INT)
2. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB662&version=20130SB66297CHP)
3. **SB662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB662)
4. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB662&version=20130SB66298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 662 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **53–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 639.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 862.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 2669.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be496857-d128-42ed-8f5a-fa9e8930da9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).