---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Health Benefit Exchange."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) , which is administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) , to provide major risk medical coverage to persons who, among other things, have been rejected for coverage by at least one private health plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "California SB 28 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Health Benefit Exchange."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccaf41a3-d539-45ab-80ca-faa777348461"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28"
source_hash: "f64ef6d0b9b990cc85339922471eb03f2481cb2afad2fe2d6225f059b238826b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 28 (20132014) — California Health Benefit Exchange.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) , which is administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) , to provide major risk medical coverage to persons who, among other things, have been rejected for coverage by at least one private health plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2899INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2898AMD)
3. **05/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2897AMD)
4. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2896AMD)
5. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2895AMD)
6. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2893CHP)
7. **SB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28)
8. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB28&version=20130SB2894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 28 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB28 Hernandez Concurrence — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 28 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL Amend By MITCHELL Set #1 — **53–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Steinberg — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-02** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 696.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 816.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 942.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2943.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 3141.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2366.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 442, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccaf41a3-d539-45ab-80ca-faa777348461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).