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type: "Bill"
title: "Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan."
description: "Existing state law requires, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, the State Department of Health Care Services to provide a grant to a health benefit plan that is funded by contributions from agricultural employers, as specified, upon an appropriation of funds for this purpose. The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan is a nonprofit voluntary employees beneficiary association, organized under federal law, that provides payments for health care and other benefits to its members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 145"
citation: "California SB 145 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2015-01-27"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddb1b721-bbda-4a88-8044-9f9db67398b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145"
source_hash: "fb8d525a2da800afd1e778e76573aaf7a844a4473d7cf1ac84f2c00600a7dcfc"
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 145 (20152016) — Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.
Existing state law requires, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, the State Department of Health Care Services to provide a grant to a health benefit plan that is funded by contributions from agricultural employers, as specified, upon an appropriation of funds for this purpose. The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan is a nonprofit voluntary employees beneficiary association, organized under federal law, that provides payments for health care and other benefits to its members.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14599INT)
2. **04/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14598AMD)
3. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14597AMD)
4. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14596AMD)
5. **09/10/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14595AMD)
6. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14593CHP)
7. **SB145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145)
8. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB145&version=20150SB14594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **82** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 4) SB145 Pan Concurrence — **2614** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **115** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **72** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **135** (pass) · lower
- SB 145 Pan Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **5128** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **2115** (pass) · upper
- SB 145 Pan Senate Third Reading By BONTA Amend By BONTA Set #1**5227** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Pan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-01-27** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-14** April 15 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 757.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 817.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 1100.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** August 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2690.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-04** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Assembly rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-08** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2015-09-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (September 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-09-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 3181.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 2787.) `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2780.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 712, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddb1b721-bbda-4a88-8044-9f9db67398b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).