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type: "Bill"
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title: "Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan."
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description: "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."
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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 494"
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citation: "California AB 494 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Robert F Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-07"
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last_action: "2023-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cebc88cb-109e-416a-8c2a-aeb1c431b0e4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494"
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source_hash: "3ac923500906cbcd7fccd199aadfb059be79091483d237b65d5d1480a3be473e"
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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 494 (20232024) — Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.
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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.
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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. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494&version=20230AB49499INT)
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2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494&version=20230AB49498AMD)
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3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494&version=20230AB49497AMD)
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4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494&version=20230AB49495CHP)
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5. **AB494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494)
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6. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB494&version=20230AB49496ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB494 Arambula By Smallwood-Cuevas — **31–7** (pass) · upper
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- AB 494 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–9** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 494 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — **66–9** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arambula — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 1985.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2558.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
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- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 3234.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2023. `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/cebc88cb-109e-416a-8c2a-aeb1c431b0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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