republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-332.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Health Benefit Exchange: records."
description: "Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , each state is required, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 332"
citation: "California SB 332 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Health Benefit Exchange: records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a49743e-774a-4bcc-a432-fcbe6669bb39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332"
source_hash: "a7100c6b01eaec5284d303d36f0d103e9dea198f3523e3fb7e0bce410be6b329"
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 332 (20132014) — California Health Benefit Exchange: records.

Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , each state is required, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332&version=20130SB33299INT)
2. **05/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332&version=20130SB33298AMD)
3. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332&version=20130SB33296CHP)
4. **SB332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332)
5. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB332&version=20130SB33297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 332 Emmerson Consent Calendar Second Day By CONWAY — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** 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`
- **2013-05-23** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-30** Set for hearing June 12.
- **2013-06-03** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1450.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1683.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2513.)
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2976.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 446, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a49743e-774a-4bcc-a432-fcbe6669bb39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).