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Bill	Prescription drugs.	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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 948	California AB 948 (20232024)	bill	Prescription drugs	enacted	Berman	6	21	7	2023-02-14	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/03c30a3a-b572-4215-b7cb-ed77fc6020a8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948	5cff89279a253da7e0b06165789e7eaea0cc2a94b594deb97493be030d7ff4b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 948 (20232024) — Prescription drugs.

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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB948 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 948 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 948 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB948 Berman et al. By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1365.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-06-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2360.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3025.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03c30a3a-b572-4215-b7cb-ed77fc6020a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).