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Bill	Health care coverage: bridge plan.	Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requires each state to, by January 1, 2014, establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014 Special Session 1	SB 3	California SB 3 (20132014 Special Session 1)	bill	Health care coverage: bridge plan.	enacted	Hernandez	8	23	7	2013-02-05	2013-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6d1bf83a-8144-48a4-a9ec-bf807c20a0b0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB3	e3752f00fad26cd1baf4278ed45bc1dcd12b7ec76f4e1c2d9acdd3799d8d45cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 3 (20132014 Special Session 1) — Health care coverage: bridge plan.

Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requires each state to, by January 1, 2014, establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB3 (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/02/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB3 Hernandez Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 3 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By PAN — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, referral-committee, introduction
• 2013-03-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-03-15 Set for hearing March 20.
• 2013-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 36.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-02 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2013-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 42.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 48.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-05-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 161.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-07-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 86.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2013-07-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-07-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2013-14 First Extraordinary Session.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d1bf83a-8144-48a4-a9ec-bf807c20a0b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).