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type: "Bill"
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title: "California Health Benefit Exchange."
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description: "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, 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 specifies the powers of the executive board. Existing law authorizes the executive board to adopt necessary rules and regulations by emergency regulations until January 1, 2025, with the exception of regulations implementing prescribed provisions relating to criminal background history checks for persons with access to confidential, personal, or financial information. Existing law authorizes the Office of Administrative Law to approve more than 2 readoptions of emergency regulations until January 1, 2030. Existing law provides that these extensions apply to a regulation adopted before January 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2435"
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citation: "California AB 2435 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["California Health Benefit Exchange"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-02-13"
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last_action: "2024-09-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4fbf5c-cfb3-4c3f-b667-bc255ecc47de"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2435"
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source_hash: "2b06a3ebad60de11fa97a711b946de364c4f259552981e8fd94bfae74f558d63"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2435 (20232024) — California Health Benefit Exchange.
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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, 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 specifies the powers of the executive board. Existing law authorizes the executive board to adopt necessary rules and regulations by emergency regulations until January 1, 2025, with the exception of regulations implementing prescribed provisions relating to criminal background history checks for persons with access to confidential, personal, or financial information. Existing law authorizes the Office of Administrative Law to approve more than 2 readoptions of emergency regulations until January 1, 2030. Existing law provides that these extensions apply to a regulation adopted before January 1, 2022.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2435&version=20230AB243599INT)
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2. **09/14/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2435&version=20230AB243597CHP)
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3. **AB2435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2435)
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4. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2435&version=20230AB243598ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2435 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **53–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2435 Maienschein By Padilla — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Maienschein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 13. Page 4917.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5226.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2024-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 236, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a4fbf5c-cfb3-4c3f-b667-bc255ecc47de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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