---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maternity services."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Under existing law, a health insurer that provides maternity coverage may not restrict inpatient hospital benefits, as specified, and is required to provide notice of the maternity services coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "California SB 222 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maternity services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/883da53e-e48e-4c2b-8bbe-09dfbd2c3a4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222"
source_hash: "d6be7ccc2ee451f6958f09a2770fba9e85794404b8b8ba14589c558ced03f10f"
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 222 (20112012) — Maternity services.

Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Under existing law, a health insurer that provides maternity coverage may not restrict inpatient hospital benefits, as specified, and is required to provide notice of the maternity services coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222&version=20110SB22299INT)
2. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222&version=20110SB22298AMD)
3. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222&version=20110SB22296CHP)
4. **SB222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222)
5. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB222&version=20110SB22297ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB222 Evans Concurrence — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 222 Evans Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- SB 222 Alquist Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL Amend By LOWENTHAL Set #1 — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — author (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 786.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-09** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1114.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1225.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2823.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2994.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/883da53e-e48e-4c2b-8bbe-09dfbd2c3a4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).