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's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes specified coverage and disclosure requirements on health care service plans and health insurers, including specialized plans and insurers, that cover dental services.
California SB 386 (20252026) — Dental providers: fee-based payments.
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's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes specified coverage and disclosure requirements on health care service plans and health insurers, including specialized plans and insurers, that cover dental services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 386 Limón Senate Third Reading By Sharp-Collins — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB386 Limón Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Limón — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-25 Set for hearing April 2.
2025-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-07 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
2025-07-07 Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-21 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2978.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2714.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 219, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d7b0060-d228-4464-a3de-257a086c1207. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).