republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes a Fraud Division within the Department of Insurance to investigate fraudulent claims. Existing law requires an insurer that reasonably believes or knows that a fraudulent claim is being made to send a prescribed form and additional information about the fraudulent claim to the Fraud Division within 60 days after determination by the insurer that the claim appears to be a fraudulent claim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1242"
citation: "California SB 1242 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874abbbc-cd66-4512-804a-62854e023c5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242"
source_hash: "877690fbe4268b057518e9d488ae71a2bd8a7aa6399972ff346abc5e4e74c12e"
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 1242 (20212022) — Insurance.

(1) Existing law establishes a Fraud Division within the Department of Insurance to investigate fraudulent claims. Existing law requires an insurer that reasonably believes or knows that a fraudulent claim is being made to send a prescribed form and additional information about the fraudulent claim to the Fraud Division within 60 days after determination by the insurer that the claim appears to be a fraudulent claim.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242&version=20210SB124299INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242&version=20210SB124298AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242&version=20210SB124297AMD)
4. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242&version=20210SB124295CHP)
5. **SB1242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242)
6. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1242&version=20210SB124296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1242 INS. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 1242 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1242 INS. — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing March 31.
- **2022-03-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3293.) (March 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3476.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 22). 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. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5340.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, 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/874abbbc-cd66-4512-804a-62854e023c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).