republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1473.md

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Bill	Health care coverage.	(1) 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1473	California SB 1473 (20212022)	bill	Health care coverage.	enacted	Pan	9	31	6	2022-02-18	2022-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/230042cd-03e4-4070-b44c-b6cc20665955	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1473	aa9896d1cdf662e67f0353a3f6bd67bd275cf041a20b88b1df6441cee6025221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1473 (20212022) — Health care coverage.

(1) 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/25/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1473 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1473 Pan Third Reading Urgency By Akilah Weber — 60–17 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1473 Pan Urgency Clause Concurrence — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB1473 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-22 From printer.
• 2022-03-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Set for hearing March 30.
• 2022-03-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3273.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3476.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-04-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2022-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-07-29 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-10 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5390.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 545, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/230042cd-03e4-4070-b44c-b6cc20665955. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).