---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: language assistance."
description: "Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "California SB 353 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: language assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc3233a5-2863-4873-b9ba-25e841b09bd8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353"
source_hash: "c979063feb6678e1d0f1c78d7bee36f99b66e3c848a6d3c8691bf3328c3db1b7"
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 353 (20132014) — Health care coverage: language assistance.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35399INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35398AMD)
3. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35397AMD)
4. **08/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35396AMD)
5. **09/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35395AMD)
6. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35393CHP)
7. **SB353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353&version=20130SB35394ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB353 Lieu Concurrence — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 353 Lieu Senate Third Reading By NAZARIAN — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-15** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 506.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1012.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1196.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-05** 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`
- **2013-08-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3028.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2288.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-18** 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 447, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc3233a5-2863-4873-b9ba-25e841b09bd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).