--- type: "Bill" title: "Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment." description: "Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide a written summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) and requires that the SBC be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 388" citation: "California SB 388 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286cff59-055c-4806-ab6f-ab90b1a4f4ac" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388" source_hash: "ff8901b407555675a826fd1e3196d4afd2b4fd43df51451d35b4a8e5b61d5916" 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 388 (20152016) — Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment. Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide a written summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) and requires that the SBC be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38899INT) 2. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38898AMD) 3. **07/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38897AMD) 4. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38895CHP) 5. **SB388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388) 6. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38896ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB388 Mitchell Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 388 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By KIM — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mitchell — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 15. - **2015-04-06** April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 22. - **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 758.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4. - **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1153.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1201.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-15** July 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2848.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 388.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 655, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/286cff59-055c-4806-ab6f-ab90b1a4f4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).