Bill Dodd
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 3
Author
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life insurance and annuities. Existing law requires insurers to establish a system to supervise recommendations and set standards and procedures for recommendations for annuity products, which applies to any recommendation to purchase, exchange, or replace an annuity made to a consumer that results in the purchase, exchange, or replacement that was recommended. Existing law requires an insurance producer recommending the purchase or exchange of an annuity to have reasonable grounds for believing that the recommendation is suitable for the consumer, as specified. This bill would limit application of these provisions to (1) a recommendation of an annuity made before January 1, 2025, that results in the purchase, exchange, or replacement that was recommended and (2) a sale of an annuity made before January 1, 2025, that is not based on a recommendation. This bill would, with respect to the sales or recommendations of annuities made on or after January 1, 2025, require producers to act in the best interest of the consumer when making a recommendation of an annuity. The bill would require an insurer to establish, maintain, and utilize a system to supervise recommendations for annuities, which would apply to any sale of or recommendation made to a consumer to purchase, exchange, or replace an annuity. The bill would set forth various duties of an insurer and producer to ensure that recommended annuities are in the consumer's best interest, and would specify obligations that ensure a producer has acted in the best interest of a consumer, including the provision of specified information to the consumer. The bill would require a life insurer to provide a buyer's guide to all consumers who purchase an annuity. The bill would authorize the commissioner to require certain actions by, and impose sanctions and penalties on, insurers and their agents for a violation of these provisions. Existing law requires an insurance producer who is otherwise entitled to engage in the sale of annuity products to complete an annuity training course approved by the Insurance Commissioner prior to commencing the transaction of annuities. This bill would apply this training requirement to producers who hold a life insurance line of authority, as specified, and who desire to sell annuities. This bill would require a life agent, licensed on or after January 1, 2024, who engages in the sale of specified life insurance policies on or after January 1, 2025, to complete specified hours of life insurance training courses before soliciting consumers to sell these life insurance policies. The bill would require any life agent, who engages in the sale of variable life insurance policies, to complete specified hours of training before renewing their license. The bill would apply these training provisions to licenses that are issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3186.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4059.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 18).
September 1 hearing postponed by committee.
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1345.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1163.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 891.) (April 26).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
Set for hearing April 26.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB263 | HTML |
| 01/30/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/07/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/17/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/02/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/21/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 02/08/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 02/21/24 - Enrolled | |
| 02/29/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/24/23- Senate Insurance | |
| 05/12/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/23- Assembly Insurance | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 01/24/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 02/08/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 02/15/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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