Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, 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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a group or individual nongrandfathered health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide coverage for, and prohibits a contract or policy from imposing cost-sharing requirements for, specified preventive care services and screenings.
California AB 2258 (20232024) — Health care coverage: cost sharing.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, 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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a group or individual nongrandfathered health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide coverage for, and prohibits a contract or policy from imposing cost-sharing requirements for, specified preventive care services and screenings.
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] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 4–2 (pass) · upper
AB 2258 Zbur Assembly Third Reading — 62–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2258 Zbur et al. By Wiener — 31–1 (pass) · upper
AB 2258 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Zbur — primary (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5626.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-01 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 708, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd523d0b-15fd-4d9f-a13e-3c28ce791db1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).