CA AB 943
enactedInsurance agents: prelicensing education.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 943 pass?
Yes. CA AB 943 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 943 about?
Existing law requires the Department of Insurance to require all new applicants for license as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, limited lines automobile insurance agent, personal lines broker-agent, life agent, or accident and health or sickness agent to meet specified prelicensing education standards that include 20 hours of prelicensing study as a prerequisite to qualification for a license. Existing law also requires 12 hours of study on ethics in addition to the 20 hours of prelicensing study. Existing law requires the curriculum for satisfying this requirement to be approved by the curriculum board and submitted to the Insurance Commissioner for final approval. Existing law requires the commissioner to charge a specified fee for filing an application for certification, and to renew certification, of the prelicensing education course mentioned above. This bill would eliminate the requirement that all new applicants must meet the 20 hours of prelicensing study, and would require a fee associated with the 12-hour ethics course certification. The bill would also make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1757.2 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 487 to be operative only if this bill and AB 487 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA AB 943?
Michelle Rodriguez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 943.
Description
Existing law requires the Department of Insurance to require all new applicants for license as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, limited lines automobile insurance agent, personal lines broker-agent, life agent, or accident and health or sickness agent to meet specified prelicensing education standards that include 20 hours of prelicensing study as a prerequisite to qualification for a license. Existing law also requires 12 hours of study on ethics in addition to the 20 hours of prelicensing study. Existing law requires the curriculum for satisfying this requirement to be approved by the curriculum board and submitted to the Insurance Commissioner for final approval. Existing law requires the commissioner to charge a specified fee for filing an application for certification, and to renew certification, of the prelicensing education course mentioned above. This bill would eliminate the requirement that all new applicants must meet the 20 hours of prelicensing study, and would require a fee associated with the 12-hour ethics course certification. The bill would also make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1757.2 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 487 to be operative only if this bill and AB 487 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-18
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Michelle Rodriguezauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-03-18
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-19
Re-referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-04-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 2).
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2025-04-03
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-23
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).
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2025-05-01
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1512.)
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2025-05-13
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-06-03
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-09
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-19
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2455.)
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2447.).
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2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2887.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3455.).
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2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-18Compare
- 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
- 06/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-03Compare
- 09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
- 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-02 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Addis: yes
- Berman: yes
- Krell: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Chen: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ellis: yes
Do pass.
2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: other
AB 943 Michelle Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-12 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Carrillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ward: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Soria: yes
- Chen: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patterson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Davies: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patel: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bains: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Elhawary: other
- McKinnor: other
- Stefani: other
- Lee: other
- Ransom: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-25 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Niello: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Rubio: yes
3rd Reading AB943 Michelle Rodriguez By Hurtado
2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
3rd Reading AB943 Michelle Rodriguez By Hurtado Reconsider
2025-09-03 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: other
3rd Reading AB943 Michelle Rodriguez By Hurtado
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
AB 943 Michelle Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: other
- Elhawary: other
- Ransom: other
- Calderon: other
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