republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance: large group health insurance."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the regulation of health insurance policies by the Department of Insurance under the guidance of the Insurance Commissioner. Under existing law, the department regulates individual, small employer, and large employer health insurance policies, as defined. Existing law requires an individual or small group health insurance policy issued to include coverage for essential health benefits, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "California SB 280 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance: large group health insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fc21ccf-9126-4b2a-bc2f-0e4fbd9e2923"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB280"
source_hash: "f0c4aef6cadb2d31b4404646f241d465d03ee462a55f67e18d80746adb4ec614"
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 SB 280 (20212022) — Health insurance: large group health insurance.

(1) Existing law requires the regulation of health insurance policies by the Department of Insurance under the guidance of the Insurance Commissioner. Under existing law, the department regulates individual, small employer, and large employer health insurance policies, as defined. Existing law requires an individual or small group health insurance policy issued to include coverage for essential health benefits, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB280&version=20210SB28099INT)
2. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB280&version=20210SB28097CHP)
3. **SB280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB280)
4. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB280&version=20210SB28098ENR)

## Votes

- SB 280 Limón Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Set for hearing March 10.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 457.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 590.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1009.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1329.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2523.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 636, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fc21ccf-9126-4b2a-bc2f-0e4fbd9e2923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).