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Bill	Health care coverage: language assistance.	Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 353	California SB 353 (20132014)	bill	Health care coverage: language assistance.	enacted	Lieu	8	28	8	2013-02-20	2013-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dc3233a5-2863-4873-b9ba-25e841b09bd8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB353	c979063feb6678e1d0f1c78d7bee36f99b66e3c848a6d3c8691bf3328c3db1b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 353 (20132014) — Health care coverage: language assistance.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/14/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/01/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB353 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB353 Lieu Concurrence — 25–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 353 Lieu Senate Third Reading By NAZARIAN — 51–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-03-15 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2013-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 506.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-19 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2013-04-29 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-05-17 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1012.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1196.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-07-02 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-08-05 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
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-14 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
• 2013-08-21 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-09-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3028.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2288.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2013-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 447, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc3233a5-2863-4873-b9ba-25e841b09bd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).