republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-20.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "California SB 20 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2014-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0df9b7bf-e5e8-4a72-91bd-128ba04b548b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20"
source_hash: "7926f582157dcb6b2e1bfe29e8680bab75bd9f2f50fc0a534e84cc800837cd8b"
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 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.

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2099INT)
2. **02/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2098AMD)
3. **04/09/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2097AMD)
4. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2096AMD)
5. **05/08/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2095AMD)
6. **06/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2093CHP)
7. **SB20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20)
8. **06/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB20&version=20130SB2094ENR)

## Votes

- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 20 Hernandez Third Reading Urgency By BONTA — **56–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Health. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB20 Hernandez Urgency Clause Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0df9b7bf-e5e8-4a72-91bd-128ba04b548b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).