Professional liability insurance: insurers: bad faith.
Summary
Existing law prohibits the bringing of an action against an insurer issuing professional liability insurance policies to health care providers for statements made in bad faith unless the statement was made under a specified circumstance. Under existing law, that provision is repealed as of January 1, 2011, unless another statute deletes or extends that date. This bill would extend that date to January 1, 2013.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2009
Committee Review
Jun 2009
Senate Passage
May 2009
Assembly Passage
Jul 2009
Signed into Law
Aug 2009
Introduced Feb 2, 2009
Signed Aug 6, 2009
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2009 · Assembly Jul 1, 2009
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 14, 2009
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Aug 5, 2009
Signed into law
Approved by Governor.
legislature
Jul 1, 2009
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (70-0-3)
assembly
Jun 26, 2009
Lower · Passed
(Heard in committee on June 25.)
lower
Jun 26, 2009
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.)
lower
May 14, 2009
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-1)
senate
May 11, 2009
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 808.)
upper
Mar 25, 2009
Upper · Passed
Hearing postponed by committee.
upper
Feb 2, 2009
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Wyland
RRepublican
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