republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-451.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: license examinations."
description: "Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to give, at least once each month, in each of the cities in which they have an office, qualifying examinations for agent licenses. Existing law requires every qualifying examination to be in writing and to be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of, and is reasonably familiar with, the insurance laws of this state and with the provisions, terms, and conditions of the insurance that may be transacted pursuant to the license sought, and that the applicant has a general and fair understanding of the obligations and duties of the holder of that license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 451"
citation: "California AB 451 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "license examinations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52c89e9c-508a-4e37-847b-ec92d2499cc7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451"
source_hash: "a7311ba3c82608cd65047fa087930000917244f4d0f9c6cc1dc9fcfb5d8d718e"
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 451 (20232024) — Insurance: license examinations.

Existing law requires the Insurance Commissioner to give, at least once each month, in each of the cities in which they have an office, qualifying examinations for agent licenses. Existing law requires every qualifying examination to be in writing and to be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that the applicant has sufficient knowledge of, and is reasonably familiar with, the insurance laws of this state and with the provisions, terms, and conditions of the insurance that may be transacted pursuant to the license sought, and that the applicant has a general and fair understanding of the obligations and duties of the holder of that license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451&version=20230AB45199INT)
2. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451&version=20230AB45198AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451&version=20230AB45196CHP)
4. **AB451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451)
5. **08/21/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB451&version=20230AB45197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 451 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2023-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52c89e9c-508a-4e37-847b-ec92d2499cc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).