Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene) , provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law provides for the regulation of individual, small employer, grandfathered small employer, and nongrandfathered small employer health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, as defined.
California AB 2072 (20232024) — Group health care coverage: biomedical industry.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene) , provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law provides for the regulation of individual, small employer, grandfathered small employer, and nongrandfathered small employer health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, as defined.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2072 Weber Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2072 Weber et al. By Atkins — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2072 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Weber — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5158.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7bd2e61-36e4-4e10-9ca8-5313f446b3bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).