republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1511.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law requires all public records of the department and the commissioner that are subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act to be available for inspection and copying, as specified, at the offices of the department in the San Francisco Bay area, in the City of Los Angeles, and in the City of Sacramento."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1511"
citation: "California AB 1511 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efbbb6b6-1377-4dcc-82be-6c839229882d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511"
source_hash: "6a91844dedcf3e966bcd1ae872ee940935c57bd5b9e66b8f26b316367288407e"
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 1511 (20212022) — Insurance: omnibus.

(1) Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law requires all public records of the department and the commissioner that are subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act to be available for inspection and copying, as specified, at the offices of the department in the San Francisco Bay area, in the City of Los Angeles, and in the City of Sacramento.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151199INT)
2. **04/20/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151198AMD)
3. **05/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151197AMD)
4. **06/14/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151196AMD)
5. **06/28/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151195AMD)
6. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151193CHP)
7. **AB1511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511)
8. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1511&version=20210AB151194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1511 INS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By DALY — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1511 INS. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1511 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1472.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on INS. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** 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-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-06-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2245.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-08** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 8). `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2966.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efbbb6b6-1377-4dcc-82be-6c839229882d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).