--- type: "Bill" title: "Health care coverage: rape and sexual assault." 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 2843" citation: "California AB 2843 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health care coverage", "rape and sexual assault"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-02-15" last_action: "2024-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8cf3899-8b45-479f-81f1-0c1ccb52a545" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843" source_hash: "2d7a1f0a732c92ed6cac8f2f167b7e1324ec9644752eaa1a11d624b133f75ddb" 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 2843 (20232024) — Health care coverage: rape and sexual assault. 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. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843&version=20230AB284399INT) 2. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843&version=20230AB284398AMD) 3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843&version=20230AB284397AMD) 4. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843&version=20230AB284395CHP) 5. **AB2843** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843) 6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2843&version=20230AB284396ENR) ## Votes - AB 2843 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2843 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (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 - 3rd Reading AB2843 Petrie-Norris et al. By Rubio — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Petrie-Norris — primary (person) - Addis — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-06-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-12** From Consent Calendar. - **2024-08-12** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 971, 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/c8cf3899-8b45-479f-81f1-0c1ccb52a545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).