Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act (Knox-Keene 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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. The Knox-Keene Act requires a health care service plan that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies to provide to members of the public, upon request, a copy of the most current list of prescription drugs on the formulary, as specified.
California SB 1052 (20132014) — Health care coverage.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act (Knox-Keene 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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. The Knox-Keene Act requires a health care service plan that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies to provide to members of the public, upon request, a copy of the most current list of prescription drugs on the formulary, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 30–6 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–4 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1052 Torres Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1052 Torres Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Torres — primary (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-03-28 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
2014-04-02 Set for hearing April 23.
2014-04-10 April 23 hearing rescheduled for April 24.
2014-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3280.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2014-05-12 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3707.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2014-05-28 Withdrawn from committee.
2014-05-28 Ordered to third reading.
2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 3696.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-06-17 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-04 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
2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6418.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4907.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 575, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15622755-36cc-4f7b-8e7a-eaf542e8f088. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).