republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-644.md

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Bill	Health care coverage outreach.	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, governed by an executive board, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law requires the Exchange board to market and publicize the availability of health care coverage through the Exchange and to undertake outreach and enrollment activities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 644	California SB 644 (20212022)	bill	Health care coverage outreach.	enacted	Leyva	7	36	9	2021-02-19	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c0836717-3416-4efd-987b-c3b0b8443857	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB644	39e2fb166c0e9b40c3d0fceab872ec493d5ec1ba2e31c79c6b8b162c0234d3a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 644 (20212022) — Health care coverage outreach.

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, governed by an executive board, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law requires the Exchange board to market and publicize the availability of health care coverage through the Exchange and to undertake outreach and enrollment activities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/22/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB644 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 644 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas Amendment Set #1 — 62–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 644 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — 68–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB644 Leyva et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Be re-referred to the Committees on [Health] and [Labor and Employment] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB644 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Leyva — primary (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 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.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, L., P.E. & R., and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Referral to Com. on JUD. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
• 2021-03-17 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2021-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 704.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-16 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2021-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 918.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1093.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-05-20 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-05-27 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 6005.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 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. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5385.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 983, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0836717-3416-4efd-987b-c3b0b8443857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).