Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods.
Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms as of January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage and to renew that coverage at the option of the plan sponsor or the individual.
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20132014
SB 20
California SB 20 (20132014)
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Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods.
California SB 20 (20132014) — Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods.
Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms as of January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage and to renew that coverage at the option of the plan sponsor or the individual.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2012-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2013-01-10 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2013-02-14 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
2013-02-28 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-03-15 Set for hearing April 3.
2013-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 421.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 15.
2013-04-15 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1005.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1094.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-06-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
2014-04-09 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
2014-04-24 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-01 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
2014-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 5282.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-05-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2014-05-29 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3685.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-02 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3729.) committee-passage
2014-06-05 Urgency clause adopted.
2014-06-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3756.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-06-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2014-06-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-06-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 24, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0df9b7bf-e5e8-4a72-91bd-128ba04b548b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).