republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-125.md

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Bill	Health care coverage.	(1) 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 125	California SB 125 (20152016)	bill	Health care coverage.	enacted	Hernandez	9	25	7	2015-01-16	2015-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/03bd10c4-4bc7-4c7e-aaae-5a086d96d3dd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB125	5f6d2c98d9eac1010d82b9401d80145a650fd79d4f9bcf971c00d6fe19e15944	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 125 (20152016) — Health care coverage.

(1) 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. 01/16/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/21/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/17/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB125 (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/05/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB125 Hernandez Urgency Clause Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 125 Hernandez Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-01-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
• 2015-02-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-02-10 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2015-02-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-03-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 434.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 13 in APPR. pending receipt.
• 2015-04-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 568.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 632.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-27 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-06-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1333.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2015-06-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-06-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 9, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03bd10c4-4bc7-4c7e-aaae-5a086d96d3dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).