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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care coverage: rate review."
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description: "Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the annual review of unreasonable increases in premiums for health insurance coverage in which health insurance issuers submit to the secretary and the relevant state a justification for an unreasonable premium increase prior to implementation of the increase. The PPACA imposes an excise tax on a provider of applicable employer-sponsored health care coverage, if the aggregate cost of that coverage provided to an employee exceeds a specified dollar limit."
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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 546"
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citation: "California SB 546 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health care coverage: rate review."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0703a511-1ace-413c-8c47-4c255ffd4573"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546"
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source_hash: "04d12bf54602ab43270de417dabfdf93d087af22f67ad41a201b254ae704220a"
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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 546 (20152016) — Health care coverage: rate review.
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Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the annual review of unreasonable increases in premiums for health insurance coverage in which health insurance issuers submit to the secretary and the relevant state a justification for an unreasonable premium increase prior to implementation of the increase. The PPACA imposes an excise tax on a provider of applicable employer-sponsored health care coverage, if the aggregate cost of that coverage provided to an employee exceeds a specified dollar limit.
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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. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54699INT)
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2. **04/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54698AMD)
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3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54697AMD)
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4. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54696AMD)
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5. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54694CHP)
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6. **SB546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546)
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7. **09/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB546&version=20150SB54695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB546 Leno Concurrence — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–8** (pass) · lower
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- SB 546 Leno Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — **51–27** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leno — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2015-03-24** April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-03-25** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2015-04-14** April 15 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-04-15** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 758.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
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- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1156.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 1304.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-04** 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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- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 8.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 3104.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2753.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
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- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 801, 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/0703a511-1ace-413c-8c47-4c255ffd4573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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