republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-833.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health."
description: "(1) Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that took effect January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA requires each state, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that facilitates the purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (the Exchange) within state government for the purpose of facilitating the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans, and specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange. Existing law authorizes the board of the Exchange to adopt any necessary regulations as emergency regulations until January 1, 2017. Existing law allows the emergency regulations adopted by the board to remain in effect for 3 years, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 833"
citation: "California SB 833 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f3a876-8e25-4dc6-830f-6828e59cd9bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833"
source_hash: "8036e4822ed28785dda458c7cdae7ec022c858c580b147b75ea1e44c557566d7"
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 833 (20152016) — Health.

(1) Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that took effect January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA requires each state, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that facilitates the purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (the Exchange) within state government for the purpose of facilitating the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans, and specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange. Existing law authorizes the board of the Exchange to adopt any necessary regulations as emergency regulations until January 1, 2017. Existing law allows the emergency regulations adopted by the board to remain in effect for 3 years, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833&version=20150SB83399INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833&version=20150SB83398AMD)
3. **06/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833&version=20150SB83397AMD)
4. **06/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833&version=20150SB83395CHP)
5. **SB833** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833)
6. **06/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB833&version=20150SB83396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB833 Committee On B. & F.R. — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 833 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **71–8** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business Sup 1 SB833 Committee On B. & F.R.(Leno) Concurrence — **28–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
- **2016-01-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3538.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 8. Page 5362.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4339.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2016-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 30, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79f3a876-8e25-4dc6-830f-6828e59cd9bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).