California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Assembly Insurance Committee

Event Log

  • AB1398 — AB 1398 is identified twice as file item 8, with the first mention correcting a likely transcription error and the second repeating the reference to the same bill.
  • AB1398 — Included on the consent calendar; motion is do pass as amended and consent to Appropriations.
  • AB1398 — AB 1398 was listed as item eight on the consent calendar, and later the consent calendar was approved 17-0, which included AB 1398.
  • Liz Ortega — Assemblywoman Ortega is called to present AB 815.
  • Liz Ortega — Called present during roll call.
  • Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye on AB 1329.
  • Liz Ortega — AB 815 is identified as her bill.
  • Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye on AB 815.
  • Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye on AB 815.
  • Liz Ortega — Recorded as voting aye on the consent calendar items.
  • Liz Ortega — Votes aye.
  • Liz Ortega — Assembly Member Ortega is called on to answer Assembly Member Alvarez.
  • Liz Ortega — Liz Ortega is mentioned in a brief sequence that includes one vote reference and repeated identification of bills associated with her, including AB 815 and AB 1329, indicating a short consolidated segment about legislation tied to Assembly Member Ortega.
  • AB815 — The committee discusses AB 815, with Assemblywoman Ortega presenting the bill. The measure is described as a simple fix that would ensure social service workers are not misclassified as commercial or for-hire drivers under personal auto insurance policies, addressing the harms caused by that misclassification.
  • AB815 — The committee returns to AB 815, seeks a motion and second, and then conducts a roll call vote on the motion to do pass the bill to the Committee on Appropriations.
  • AB815 — AB 815 by Assembly Member Ortega was taken up with a motion to do pass to the Committee on Appropriations. The roll was held open, and the vote later concluded with the bill passing 17 to 0.
  • Lisa Calderon — The speaker addresses the Chair.
  • Lisa Calderon — Lisa Calderon was called present during quorum roll call and then recorded as voting aye on AB 1329, AB 815, and the consent calendar items during the same voting sequence.
  • Lisa Calderon — Votes aye.
  • Lisa Calderon — Voted aye on AB 1336.
  • Miriam Burke — Named as a supporting witness.
  • Ermaline Shabbard — Ermaline Shabbard is identified and then introduces herself as the Government Affairs Director for the California Disability Services Association, serving as a supporting witness.
  • Miriam Padilla Burke — Introduces herself as Director of Programs for Options for All and describes the organization.
  • Delia — Delia, a direct support professional, is introduced and then describes her work helping participants access their communities and achieve personal goals, along with the accident that led to an insurance claim.
  • Carly Stelzer — Speaks on behalf of the California Behavioral Health Association in support.
  • Alicia Priago — Speaks on behalf of California Mentor in support.
  • Roxy Ortiz — Speaks on behalf of the Association of Regional Center Agencies in support.
  • AB1329 — AB 1329 is presented to the committee and described as reforming the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund. The author explains that the bill would align medical-legal and QME procedures with existing law, reduce litigation and medical-legal costs, lower employer assessments, and reduce financial risk for employers by cutting assessments into the fund. The presentation concludes with a request for an aye vote, followed later by committee action moving the bill and placing it on call.
  • AB1329 — AB 1329 (Assembly Member Ortega) was moved do pass to the Committee on Appropriations, the roll was held open while the vote continued, and the bill ultimately passed out of committee 14-0.
  • Jason Marcus — Introduces himself as legislative chair for the California Applicants Attorneys Association and describes the organization.
  • Jason Marcus — Identified as a workers' compensation attorney present for technical questions.
  • Greg Wallis — Greg Wallis is repeatedly named during roll call, and the discussion also identifies AB 1293 as his bill.
  • Greg Wallis — Votes aye.
  • Greg Wallis — Greg Wallis was repeatedly called during a roll-call vote sequence and recorded voting no on AB 1336, aye on AB 815, aye on the consent calendar, aye on AB 1329, and aye on the next item.
  • Dawn Addis — Dawn Addis is called/named during roll call, with no response or further discussion recorded in the excerpt.
  • Dawn Addis — Votes aye.
  • Dawn Addis — Dawn Addis presents AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, and explains its purpose by describing the serious heat risks facing farmworkers, including record-breaking heat waves in major agricultural regions of California.
  • Dawn Addis — Dawn Addis is repeatedly mentioned during a sequence of roll-call votes and bill references. The transcript records her as voting aye on AB 1336, AB 815, the consent calendar, AB 1329, and another subsequent vote, while also identifying several bills as being by Assembly Member Addis.
  • David Alvarez — David Alvarez was called present during roll call and subsequently recorded as voting aye on AB 1329, AB 815, and the consent calendar items.
  • David Alvarez — Votes aye.
  • David Alvarez — Assembly Member Alvarez is invited to respond, raises a comment/question about enforcement, and the speaker then answers Alvarez’s question, continuing the same discussion without a topic shift.
  • David Alvarez — Voted aye on AB 1336.
  • Avelino Valencia — Avelino Valencia is repeatedly called during roll call, with several mis-transcriptions of his name, and is recorded voting aye on AB 1329, AB 815, and the consent calendar items. He is also identified as the author of AB 1398.
  • Avelino Valencia — Avelino Valencia is called during the roll call and records an affirmative vote (yes/aye).
  • Avelino Valencia — Avelino Valencia was recorded voting aye/yes on a series of measures, including AB 815 and the consent calendar, with repeated aye votes noted across the sequence.
  • Marc Berman — Marc Berman was called during the roll call and named again shortly afterward, with no recorded response in the excerpt.
  • Marc Berman — Votes aye.
  • Marc Berman — Marc Berman was recorded voting aye on AB 1336, AB 815, AB 1048, the consent calendar, AB 1236, and another subsequent roll-call item, with each mention reflecting a continued series of affirmative votes during the same voting sequence.
  • Phillip Chen — Called present during roll call.
  • Phillip Chen — Recorded as not voting on AB 1329.