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CA AB 234

enacted

California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 234 pass?

Yes. CA AB 234 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-09. Latest recorded action (2025-10-09): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 234 about?

The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law establishes a governing committee for the association and prescribes its membership. This bill would require the Speaker of the Assembly and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Rules to serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the governing committee, and would authorize each to name a designee to serve in their place. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 234?

Calderon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 234, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law establishes a governing committee for the association and prescribes its membership. This bill would require the Speaker of the Assembly and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Rules to serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the governing committee, and would authorize each to name a designee to serve in their place. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-10-09 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Calderonauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.

  3. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on INS.

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  4. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 2).

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  5. 2025-04-02

    Coauthors revised.

  6. 2025-04-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-04-07

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 1034.).

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  8. 2025-04-07

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  9. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on INS.

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  10. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25).

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  11. 2025-06-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 3003.).

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  13. 2025-09-13

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  14. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  15. 2025-10-09

    Approved by the Governor.

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  16. 2025-10-09

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Addis: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: other

  • AB 234 Calderon Third Reading Urgency

    2025-04-07 · pass · 66-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ta: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Ransom: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Lee: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass

    2025-06-25 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Niello: other
    • Jones: other

  • 3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

    2025-09-12 · pass · 28-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Stern: other
    • Strickland: other
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Dahle: other
    • Seyarto: other
    • Choi: other
    • Niello: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Jones: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB234

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