BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Senator William W. Monning, Chair
SB 1065 (Monning) Hearing Date: April 24, 2014
As March 28, 2014
Fiscal: No
Urgency: No
SUMMARY Would authorize electronic submission of reports
required by the Insurance Code that are submitted to committees
of the Legislature, unless otherwise exempted, and would
establish standards and procedures for electronic submittal.
DIGEST
Existing law
1. Provides that any report required by law to be submitted by
a state or local agency to the Legislature generally, shall
instead be submitted as a printed copy to the Secretary of
the Senate, as an electronic copy to the Chief Clerk of the
Assembly, and as an electronic or printed copy to the
Legislative Counsel. (Government Code �� 9795 and 10242.5)
2. Requires various entities to submit certain reports directly to
specified committees or officers of the Legislature, some of
which are authorized to be submitted electronically.
This bill
1. Would authorize agencies or entities to electronically
submit a report required by the Insurance Code that is
directed to a committee of the Legislature and establish
standards for electronic submittal.
2. Would make the provisions of this bill inapplicable to
reports required under Insurance Code Sections 38.5,
10089.13, 10965.9, and 11885.
3. Would also make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
SB 1065 (Monning), Page 2
COMMENTS
1. Purpose of the bill . According to the author, existing law
does not provide guidance as to the format and process to
submit reports required under the Insurance Code to
legislative committees. Additionally, some reporting
requirements permit or mandate submission by electronic
means, while others require a hardcopy. This bill is an
important step toward establishing a consistent policy
regarding electronic reports that also reflects individual
committee preferences and processes.
2. Background . Reporting requirements directed to legislative
committees lack the structure and procedural consistency of
reports directed to the Legislature generally. This bill
would establish standards for the electronic submission of
reports required under the Insurance Code that are submitted
to legislative committees. According to the author, Senate
committees impacted by this bill have been consulted to
ensure that committee preferences are respected, since some
prefer electronic version while others prefer hardcopy.
AB 2731 (Assembly Insurance Committee), in the Senate
pending referral, would change several reporting
requirements so that specified reports would be submitted to
the Assembly and Senate Committees on Insurance rather than
the Legislature. The Assembly and Senate Committees on
Insurance are working together to establish a consistent
policy regarding insurance-related reports submitted to
committees.
3. Arguments in Support
None received.
4. Arguments in Opposition
None received.
5. Prior and Related Legislation
AB 2731 (Assembly Ins.), 2013-14 Legislative Session, would
clarify reporting requirements for various reports related
to insurance.
SB 1065 (Monning), Page 3
AB 1365 (J. P�rez), Chapter 192, Statutes of 2013, revised
the standards and procedures related to reports required by
state and local agencies that are directed to the
Legislature when the report is submitted to the Legislative
Counsel in electronic format.
SB 71 (Leno), Chapter 728, Statutes of 2012. Modified
various requirements of certain reports by requiring
specified reports be placed on the Internet Web site of the
reporting agency rather than submitted to the Legislature or
other state agencies.
AB 1585 (Huber), Chapter 7, Statutes of 2010, eliminated
obsolete reports and revised the procedure for mandatory
reporting requirements. Also revised the report requirement
so that a report must be submitted to the Chief Clerk of the
Assembly as an electronic copy.
SB 1443 (Oller), 2001-02 Session, would have required state
or local agency reports to be submitted electronically.
(Held in Senate Committee on Governmental Organization.)
SB 1191 (Speier), Chapter 745, Statutes of 2001, eliminated
many reporting requirements.
AB 116 (Speier), Chapter 970, Statutes of 1996, continued
the suspended reporting requirements enacted by AB 2824
(Speier) of 1992.
AB 2824 (Speier), Chapter 710, Statutes of 1992, suspended
many reporting requirements for three years.
POSITIONS
Support
None received.
SB 1065 (Monning), Page 4
Oppose
None received.
Consultant: Hugh Slayden (916) 651-4773