republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage."
description: "Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on and after January 1, 2014, requires a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual or group market to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage, as specified, and allows premiums for coverage in the individual or small group market to vary only by rating area, age, tobacco use, and whether the coverage is for an individual or family, as specified. The act also prohibits a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing any preexisting condition for children with respect to plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010, and for adults with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2244"
citation: "California AB 2244 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c8a26e2-29b9-4359-adcb-256b155f5017"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244"
source_hash: "da041f8c5f274990fdd51d1e6e34803f23cf438590cda1c6ad2d7e751320324e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2244 (20092010) — Health care coverage.

Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on and after January 1, 2014, requires a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual or group market to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage, as specified, and allows premiums for coverage in the individual or small group market to vary only by rating area, age, tobacco use, and whether the coverage is for an individual or family, as specified. The act also prohibits a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing any preexisting condition for children with respect to plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010, and for adults with respect to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224499INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224498AMD)
3. **04/27/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224497AMD)
4. **07/01/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224496AMD)
5. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224495AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224493CHP)
7. **AB2244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244)
8. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2244&version=20090AB224494ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2244 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2244 Feuer By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2244 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-04-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** (Corrected April 29.)
- **2010-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-16** Received August 13 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14)
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** (Corrected August 30.)
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 4862.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6707.)
- **2010-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 6738.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** (Corrected September 8.)
- **2010-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c8a26e2-29b9-4359-adcb-256b155f5017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).