republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-499.md

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Bill	Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.	Existing law, 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. Existing law, until January 1, 2031, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to annually reimburse the 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 499	California AB 499 (20252026)	bill	RobertFKennedyFarmWorkersMedicalPlan	enacted	Ortega	4	19	7	2025-02-10	2025-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/99384018-c32c-4c86-9bcc-826ecfce7bfa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB499	6faf6d2d153a057acb97f11550d9fa283d08bea2a873f086ae47dd5445c55143	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 499 (20252026) — Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan.

Existing law, 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. Existing law, until January 1, 2031, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to annually reimburse the 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB499 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 499 Ortega Assembly Third Reading — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB499 Ortega By Richardson — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ortega — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 1833.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2612.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99384018-c32c-4c86-9bcc-826ecfce7bfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).