republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1021.md

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Bill	Prescription drugs.	Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1021	California SB 1021 (20172018)	bill	Prescription drugs.	enacted	Wiener	10	27	7	2018-02-07	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/66bcaf3d-28c6-4400-8aaf-f55348aeae5b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1021	6260a30089bcfbc54589601204ec4fd49a223d7038be964060731faa46c8548d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1021 (20172018) — Prescription drugs.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB1021 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1021 Wiener Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1021 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB1021 Wiener et al. — 23–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-03-12 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2018-04-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 4851.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4240.) (May 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4341.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6592.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 5860.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 787, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66bcaf3d-28c6-4400-8aaf-f55348aeae5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).