--- type: "Bill" title: "Behavioral health and wellness screenings: notice." 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, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 2556" citation: "California AB 2556 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Behavioral health and wellness screenings", "notice"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"] version_count: 8 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-02-14" last_action: "2024-08-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f89347-fca4-4ff7-adb1-46566fd723c6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556" source_hash: "c885483b7393eab076e11f17b1ef8db02ff467fc9e46e87215e7f1bb7f8f75c0" 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 2556 (20232024) — Behavioral health and wellness screenings: notice. 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, and makes a willful violation of the act 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. **02/14/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255699INT) 2. **04/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255698AMD) 3. **05/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255697AMD) 4. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255696AMD) 5. **06/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255695AMD) 6. **08/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255693CHP) 7. **AB2556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556) 8. **08/12/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2556&version=20230AB255694ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2556 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2556 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd AB2556 Jackson et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jackson — primary (person) - Rubio — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5089.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4627.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6236.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2024-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 200, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37f89347-fca4-4ff7-adb1-46566fd723c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).