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type: "Bill"
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title: "Individual market: enrollment periods."
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description: "(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , effective June 19, 2017, requires an American Health Benefit Exchange that facilitates the purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers to provide for the individual market an annual open enrollment period for policy years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, to begin on November 1 and extend through December 15 of the calendar year preceding the benefit year. Existing federal law establishes special enrollment periods during which a qualified individual may enroll in a qualified health plan when specified triggering events occur, such as when the qualified individual losses minimum essential coverage, as defined. Existing federal regulatory authority authorizes a state to establish additional special enrollment periods to supplement these special enrollment periods provided for under federal law under certain circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 156"
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citation: "California AB 156 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Individual market: enrollment periods."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf98aac3-34e7-47be-b5d6-7169cc075004"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156"
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source_hash: "79c21609bfbee2a8ca0ff1adf25242a6906e36190efc61847b783bbb6198715a"
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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 AB 156 (20172018) — Individual market: enrollment periods.
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(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , effective June 19, 2017, requires an American Health Benefit Exchange that facilitates the purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers to provide for the individual market an annual open enrollment period for policy years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, to begin on November 1 and extend through December 15 of the calendar year preceding the benefit year. Existing federal law establishes special enrollment periods during which a qualified individual may enroll in a qualified health plan when specified triggering events occur, such as when the qualified individual losses minimum essential coverage, as defined. Existing federal regulatory authority authorizes a state to establish additional special enrollment periods to supplement these special enrollment periods provided for under federal law under certain circumstances.
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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. **01/12/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156&version=20170AB15699INT)
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2. **08/31/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156&version=20170AB15698AMD)
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3. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156&version=20170AB15697AMD)
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4. **10/04/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156&version=20170AB15695CHP)
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5. **AB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156)
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6. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB156&version=20170AB15696ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 156 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 156 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB156 Wood By Hernandez — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wood — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-01** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-05** From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 5) `committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-15** Pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8
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- **2017-09-15** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3001.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3535.)
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- **2017-09-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3541.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2017.
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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/cf98aac3-34e7-47be-b5d6-7169cc075004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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