republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-793.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: privacy notices and personal information."
description: "Existing law, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act, establishes privacy standards for the collection, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions by insurance institutions, agents, and insurance-support organizations. The act requires an insurance institution or agent to provide a notice of information to applicants and policyholders in connection with specified insurance transactions. Existing regulations require an insurance licensee to annually provide a clear and conspicuous notice to customers that accurately reflects its privacy policies and practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 793"
citation: "California SB 793 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "privacy notices and personal information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f88c8b-d1e0-4667-8bc9-252684463e74"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793"
source_hash: "3d7120cd07f4e11491d59611e0710d7b16389c3e6022f44c055eb2daa9b9f871"
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 793 (20232024) — Insurance: privacy notices and personal information.

Existing law, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act, establishes privacy standards for the collection, use, and disclosure of information gathered in connection with insurance transactions by insurance institutions, agents, and insurance-support organizations. The act requires an insurance institution or agent to provide a notice of information to applicants and policyholders in connection with specified insurance transactions. Existing regulations require an insurance licensee to annually provide a clear and conspicuous notice to customers that accurately reflects its privacy policies and practices.

## 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=202320240SB793&version=20230SB79399INT)
2. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793&version=20230SB79398AMD)
3. **04/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793&version=20230SB79397AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793&version=20230SB79395CHP)
5. **SB793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793)
6. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB793&version=20230SB79396ENR)

## Votes

- SB 793 Glazer Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazer — primary (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (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 Coms. on INS. and JUD. `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 JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2023-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 896.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1055.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Coms. on INS. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Re-referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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** Coauthors revised.
- **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** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 184, 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/d0f88c8b-d1e0-4667-8bc9-252684463e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).