--- type: "Bill" title: "Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies." description: "Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014, and exempts health insurance coverage that provides excepted benefits from those reforms. PPACA requires each state to establish an American Health Benefits Exchange and allows qualified individuals to obtain premium assistance for coverage purchased through the Exchange. PPACA specifies that this premium assistance is not available if the individual is eligible for affordable employer-sponsored coverage that provides minimum value, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 248" citation: "California AB 248 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"] version_count: 7 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-09" last_action: "2015-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734621a7-8c03-4183-8bed-485430596f3d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248" source_hash: "1418d122a2e88842e859de90d0e61c7ec2c8584de0428f9df0c789df0384f09f" 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 AB 248 (20152016) — Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies. Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014, and exempts health insurance coverage that provides excepted benefits from those reforms. PPACA requires each state to establish an American Health Benefits Exchange and allows qualified individuals to obtain premium assistance for coverage purchased through the Exchange. PPACA specifies that this premium assistance is not available if the individual is eligible for affordable employer-sponsored coverage that provides minimum value, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24899INT) 2. **04/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24898AMD) 3. **06/10/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24897AMD) 4. **06/29/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24896AMD) 5. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24894CHP) 6. **AB248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248) 7. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB248&version=20150AB24895ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB248 Roger Hernández By Monning — **24–15** (pass) · upper - AB 248 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–27** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper - AB 248 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **51–27** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–3** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Roger Hernández — primary (person) - Gonzalez — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12. - **2015-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1217.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2145.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2605.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734621a7-8c03-4183-8bed-485430596f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).