republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-743.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: false and fraudulent claims."
description: "Existing law requires an insurer, in connection with an insurance application, contract, or provision, who prints, reproduces, or furnishes a form to any person that applies for a policy or seeks to make a change to an existing policy, among other specified actions, to include a prominent statement that it is a crime to knowingly present false and fraudulent information to obtain or amend insurance coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 743"
citation: "California SB 743 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "false and fraudulent claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b263d56-6c02-431c-af6c-b132b9c63810"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743"
source_hash: "19cd081314ceae4ae785c873a32976c83bde519e0134f77586e67c01deab786b"
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 743 (20232024) — Insurance: false and fraudulent claims.

Existing law requires an insurer, in connection with an insurance application, contract, or provision, who prints, reproduces, or furnishes a form to any person that applies for a policy or seeks to make a change to an existing policy, among other specified actions, to include a prominent statement that it is a crime to knowingly present false and fraudulent information to obtain or amend insurance coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74399INT)
2. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74398AMD)
3. **06/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74397AMD)
4. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74396AMD)
5. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74394CHP)
6. **SB743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743)
7. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB743&version=20230SB74395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 743 Nguyen Senate Third Reading By Chen — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB743 Nguyen Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2023-04-10** 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`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 962.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** 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`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
- **2023-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2930.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 217, 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/2b263d56-6c02-431c-af6c-b132b9c63810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).