republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-494.md

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Bill	Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.	Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to annually reimburse the Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan up to $3,000,000 per year for claim payments that exceed $70,000 made by the plan on behalf of an eligible employee or dependent for a single episode of care on or after September 1, 2016. The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan is a nonprofit voluntary employees beneficiary association, organized under federal law, that provides payments for health care and other benefits to its members.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 494	California AB 494 (20232024)	bill	Robert F Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan	enacted	Arambula	6	24	8	2023-02-07	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/cebc88cb-109e-416a-8c2a-aeb1c431b0e4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494	3ac923500906cbcd7fccd199aadfb059be79091483d237b65d5d1480a3be473e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 494 (20232024) — Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.

Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to annually reimburse the Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan up to $3,000,000 per year for claim payments that exceed $70,000 made by the plan on behalf of an eligible employee or dependent for a single episode of care on or after September 1, 2016. The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan is a nonprofit voluntary employees beneficiary association, organized under federal law, that provides payments for health care and other benefits to its members.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB494 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB494 Arambula By Smallwood-Cuevas — 31–7 (pass) · upper
• AB 494 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 494 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 66–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 1985.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2558.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 3234.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cebc88cb-109e-416a-8c2a-aeb1c431b0e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).