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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment."
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description: "Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide a written summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) and requires that the SBC be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 388"
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citation: "California SB 388 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-02-25"
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last_action: "2015-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/286cff59-055c-4806-ab6f-ab90b1a4f4ac"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388"
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source_hash: "ff8901b407555675a826fd1e3196d4afd2b4fd43df51451d35b4a8e5b61d5916"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 388 (20152016) — Health care coverage: solicitation and enrollment.
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Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide a written summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) and requires that the SBC be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38899INT)
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2. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38898AMD)
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3. **07/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38897AMD)
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4. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38895CHP)
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5. **SB388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388)
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6. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB388&version=20150SB38896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB388 Mitchell Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 388 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By KIM — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2015-04-06** April 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 758.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
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- **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
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- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1153.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1201.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-23** 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`
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- **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-15** July 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2848.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 388.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 655, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/286cff59-055c-4806-ab6f-ab90b1a4f4ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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