---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health omnibus."
description: "(1) 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. Existing law defines a \"group contract,\" for purposes of the act, as a contract that by its terms limits the eligibility of subscribers and enrollees to a specified group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1511"
citation: "California SB 1511 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health omnibus"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509bca8d-e7b1-4b7a-bb49-2e1b23f9404e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511"
source_hash: "b3d737ac22715a30a3ddd595b04852bda0ade84f93b2571f35a6d7147c062762"
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 1511 (20232024) — Health omnibus.

(1) 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. Existing law defines a "group contract," for purposes of the act, as a contract that by its terms limits the eligibility of subscribers and enrollees to a specified group.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151199INT)
2. **04/09/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151198AMD)
3. **06/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151197AMD)
4. **06/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151196AMD)
5. **06/27/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151195AMD)
6. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151194AMD)
7. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151192CHP)
8. **SB1511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511)
9. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1511&version=20230SB151193ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1511 Health Senate Third Reading By SCHIAVO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1511 HEALTH — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1511 HEALTH (Roth) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2024-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** April 24 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-18** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3703.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3986.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4184.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6539.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5593.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 492, 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/509bca8d-e7b1-4b7a-bb49-2e1b23f9404e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).