republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-98.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, governs the funding and provision of postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families. PEMHCA defines \"family member\" for these purposes. PEMHCA authorizes the board to contract with carriers offering health benefit plans and prohibits employees, annuitants, and their family members who are eligible for Medicare, as specified, from enrolling in a basic health benefit plan. PEMHCA requires the board to make certain notifications and reports to the Legislature in connection with health benefit plans offered pursuant to its provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "California SB 98 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3941ffdd-6b09-448f-a7c9-401eada9134f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98"
source_hash: "988e3ef0d54b59cfc83c19169cdc67e1f7116ed8bd94432edb123aec5a692c99"
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 98 (20152016) — State government.

(1) The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, governs the funding and provision of postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families. PEMHCA defines "family member" for these purposes. PEMHCA authorizes the board to contract with carriers offering health benefit plans and prohibits employees, annuitants, and their family members who are eligible for Medicare, as specified, from enrolling in a basic health benefit plan. PEMHCA requires the board to make certain notifications and reports to the Legislature in connection with health benefit plans offered pursuant to its provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98&version=20150SB9899INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98&version=20150SB9898AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98&version=20150SB9896CHP)
4. **SB98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98)
5. **06/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB98&version=20150SB9897ENR)

## Votes

- SB 98 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **72–3** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB98 Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review By Leno Concurrence — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB98 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee: Ordered to second reading. `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 385.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** 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`
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 2064.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-06-19** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 1516.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3941ffdd-6b09-448f-a7c9-401eada9134f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).