republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1040.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: restitution."
description: "Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to bring a superior court action to enjoin a person who is violating or about to violate the Insurance Code. Existing law also authorizes the commissioner to apply to the clerk of the superior court for a judgment to enforce an order requiring a person to pay a monetary penalty or reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in prosecuting the matter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1040"
citation: "California SB 1040 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: restitution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db31964b-4fc4-4009-bc85-42521a1b0803"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040"
source_hash: "ecf3fd165ac491cf9fb49f4528a9a8fb719c3e2aab13a5be5d5b43e51c5aff8c"
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 1040 (20212022) — Insurance: restitution.

Existing law generally regulates insurance and creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to bring a superior court action to enjoin a person who is violating or about to violate the Insurance Code. Existing law also authorizes the commissioner to apply to the clerk of the superior court for a judgment to enforce an order requiring a person to pay a monetary penalty or reimburse the department for costs incurred by the department in prosecuting the matter.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040&version=20210SB104099INT)
2. **04/04/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040&version=20210SB104098AMD)
3. **09/25/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040&version=20210SB104096CHP)
4. **SB1040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040)
5. **08/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1040&version=20210SB104097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1040 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1040 — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-16** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing March 31.
- **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3293.) (March 31). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3436.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2022-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3646.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-12** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-07-29** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-08-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5954.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 540, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db31964b-4fc4-4009-bc85-42521a1b0803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).