SB 156 California Senate · 2009-2010 Regular Session

Insurance: fraud prevention and detection.

Summary

Existing law generally provides for the prevention, detection, and investigation of insurance fraud. Existing law requires insurers to disclose to an authorized governmental agency information relative to incidents of workers' compensation fraud, as specified. This bill would authorize the Department of Insurance to convene meetings with insurance companies to discuss specific information concerning suspected, anticipated, or completed acts of insurance fraud and would protect a person sharing information pursuant to that authorization from civil liability for libel, slander, or any other relevant cause of action, as specified.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2009

Committee Review

Sep 2009

Senate Passage

Aug 2010

Assembly Passage

Aug 2010

Signed into Law

Sep 2010

Introduced Feb 12, 2009 Signed Sep 27, 2010

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2009 · Assembly Aug 16, 2010

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 38

May 21, 2009

D Democratic24

21 Yea 3

87% Yea

R Republican14

13 Yea 1

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Sep 25, 2010

Signed into law

Approved by Governor.

legislature

Aug 19, 2010

Introduced

Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4655.) To enrollment.

upper

Aug 16, 2010

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (64-0-5)

assembly

Aug 9, 2010

Lower · Passed

(August 9 amended measure version corrected August 11.)

lower

Aug 2, 2010

Upper · Passed

Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

upper

Sep 2, 2009

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Jul 9, 2009

Lower · Passed

(Heard in committee on July 9.)

lower

Jul 9, 2009

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.)

lower

Jun 26, 2009

Lower · Passed

(Heard in committee on June 25.)

lower

Jun 26, 2009

Committee

From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

May 21, 2009

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-0-4)

senate

May 19, 2009

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 874.)

upper

May 6, 2009

Committee

From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 805.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Apr 23, 2009

Committee

Re-referred to Coms. on B., F. & I. and JUD.

upper

Apr 16, 2009

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Feb 12, 2009

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors