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Bill	California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.	Existing federal law, the federal 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. PPACA authorizes a state to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a state innovation waiver of any or all PPACA requirements, if certain criteria are met, including that the state has enacted a law that provides for state actions under a waiver. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law requires the Exchange, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a program of financial assistance beginning July 1, 2023, to help Californians obtain and maintain health benefits through the Exchange if they lose employer-provided health care coverage as a result of a labor dispute, as specified. Under existing law, if specified eligibility requirements are met, an individual who has lost minimum essential coverage from an employer or joint labor management trust fund as a result of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute receives the same premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions as an individual with a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level, and is also not required to pay a deductible for any covered benefit if the standard benefit design for a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level has zero deductibles. Existing law excludes from gross income any subsidy amount received pursuant to that program of financial assistance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2749	California AB 2749 (20232024)	bill	California Health Benefit Exchange financial assistance	enacted	Wood	6	21	5	2024-02-15	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d19944d6-4420-43bc-ae59-238fabd2b53e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2749	b0408a655ae146f4f96a0838a372cda73c3bffd68a49992b05fe6029e7f192cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2749 (20232024) — California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.

Existing federal law, the federal 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. PPACA authorizes a state to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a state innovation waiver of any or all PPACA requirements, if certain criteria are met, including that the state has enacted a law that provides for state actions under a waiver. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law requires the Exchange, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a program of financial assistance beginning July 1, 2023, to help Californians obtain and maintain health benefits through the Exchange if they lose employer-provided health care coverage as a result of a labor dispute, as specified. Under existing law, if specified eligibility requirements are met, an individual who has lost minimum essential coverage from an employer or joint labor management trust fund as a result of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute receives the same premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions as an individual with a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level, and is also not required to pay a deductible for any covered benefit if the standard benefit design for a household income of 138.1% of the federal poverty level has zero deductibles. Existing law excludes from gross income any subsidy amount received pursuant to that program of financial assistance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2749 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2749 Wood By Smallwood-Cuevas — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2749 Wood Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 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
• 2024-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5324.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5229.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 841, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d19944d6-4420-43bc-ae59-238fabd2b53e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).