republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-414.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: minimum essential coverage."
description: "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. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (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. PPACA generally requires individuals, and any dependents of the individual, to maintain minimum essential coverage, as defined, and, if an individual fails to maintain minimum essential coverage, PPACA imposes on the individual taxpayer a penalty. This provision is referred to as the individual mandate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 414"
citation: "California AB 414 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: minimum essential coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb6219f-a56a-475d-8cee-17f96ea2a276"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414"
source_hash: "3e6e76731ae03bdfd87854118b4b9a48fa606627bddecbe83576dd7a56d87198"
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 AB 414 (20192020) — Health care coverage: minimum essential coverage.

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. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (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. PPACA generally requires individuals, and any dependents of the individual, to maintain minimum essential coverage, as defined, and, if an individual fails to maintain minimum essential coverage, PPACA imposes on the individual taxpayer a penalty. This provision is referred to as the individual mandate.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41499INT)
2. **05/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41498AMD)
3. **06/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41497AMD)
4. **07/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41496AMD)
5. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41494CHP)
6. **AB414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414)
7. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB414&version=20190AB41495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB414 Bonta By Pan — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 414 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — **55–18** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 414 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-17** 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`
- **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2107.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and GOV. & F. `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`
- **2019-07-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-07-05** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-07-05** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2693.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3303.)
- **2019-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3471.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** 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 801, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb6219f-a56a-475d-8cee-17f96ea2a276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).