republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public benefits reports."
description: "Existing law requires, until January 1, 2020, the Director of Employment Development to permit the use of specified information in his or her possession by the Department of Finance to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report that identifies all employers in California that employ 50 or more employees who receive benefits from the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to transmit to the Legislature and post on the department's Web site a report that lists the 500 employers in the state with the most number of employees enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, as specified, and defines an employer for this purpose as an individual or organization that employs 100 or more Medi-Cal beneficiaries who meet certain criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 145"
citation: "California AB 145 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public benefits reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-01-13"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eaa091d-7e22-4de6-b5f5-0ebbfe9dfa67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145"
source_hash: "b23539344bf6800a8781965c397f318824b43684a789ee9a459ef30d8f40e539"
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 AB 145 (20152016) — Public benefits reports.

Existing law requires, until January 1, 2020, the Director of Employment Development to permit the use of specified information in his or her possession by the Department of Finance to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report that identifies all employers in California that employ 50 or more employees who receive benefits from the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to transmit to the Legislature and post on the department's Web site a report that lists the 500 employers in the state with the most number of employees enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, as specified, and defines an employer for this purpose as an individual or organization that employs 100 or more Medi-Cal beneficiaries who meet certain criteria.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145&version=20150AB14599INT)
2. **08/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145&version=20150AB14598AMD)
3. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145&version=20150AB14596CHP)
4. **AB145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145)
5. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB145&version=20150AB14597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 145 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB145 Gomez By Hernandez Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 145 GOMEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2015-01-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-03-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 856.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2331.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2795.)
- **2015-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2808.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2eaa091d-7e22-4de6-b5f5-0ebbfe9dfa67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).