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Bill	Health care.	Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. PPACA defines a "qualified health plan" as a plan that, among other requirements, provides an essential health benefits package. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the Exchange, among other duties, to administer an individual market assistance program to provide health care coverage financial assistance to California residents with household incomes at or below 600% of the federal poverty level.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 174	California AB 174 (20192020)	bill	Health care.	enacted	Wood	9	30	7	2019-01-08	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/fb583bba-b79b-43bc-9b75-30e099fdcf17	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB174	85cf3a6625f0c60e7def4d451d31ccbd22651b13f7e0df90e93660de05d6110f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 174 (20192020) — Health care.

Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. PPACA defines a "qualified health plan" as a plan that, among other requirements, provides an essential health benefits package. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the Exchange, among other duties, to administer an individual market assistance program to provide health care coverage financial assistance to California residents with household incomes at or below 600% of the federal poverty level.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB174 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB174 Wood By Monning — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 174 Wood Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 174 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1920.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2510.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-05 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-05 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
• 2019-09-06 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 6). committee-passage
• 2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3161.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 795, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb583bba-b79b-43bc-9b75-30e099fdcf17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).