republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1580.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care: eligibility: enrollment."
description: "Existing law provides for various programs to provide health care coverage to persons with limited financial resources, including the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , and specifies the duties and powers of the board governing the Exchange relative to determining eligibility for enrollment in the Exchange and arranging for coverage under qualified health plans, and facilitating the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange. Existing law, the Health Care Reform Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Planning Act, operative as provided, requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with specified entities, to establish standardized single, accessible application forms and related renewal procedures for state health subsidy programs, as defined, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides that the application or case of an individual screened as not eligible for Medi-Cal on the basis of household income but who may be eligible for Medi-Cal on another basis shall be forwarded to the Medi-Cal program for an eligibility determination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1580"
citation: "California AB 1580 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care: eligibility: enrollment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-02"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d599afbe-554f-479b-bf90-32b3eebb13f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580"
source_hash: "1eebdc1485027f0ffa96dd350e34673760e611fd933f2a9b2ee0b3351880c033"
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 1580 (20112012) — Health care: eligibility: enrollment.

Existing law provides for various programs to provide health care coverage to persons with limited financial resources, including the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , and specifies the duties and powers of the board governing the Exchange relative to determining eligibility for enrollment in the Exchange and arranging for coverage under qualified health plans, and facilitating the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange. Existing law, the Health Care Reform Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Planning Act, operative as provided, requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with specified entities, to establish standardized single, accessible application forms and related renewal procedures for state health subsidy programs, as defined, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides that the application or case of an individual screened as not eligible for Medi-Cal on the basis of household income but who may be eligible for Medi-Cal on another basis shall be forwarded to the Medi-Cal program for an eligibility determination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580&version=20110AB158099INT)
2. **08/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580&version=20110AB158098AMD)
3. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580&version=20110AB158096CHP)
4. **AB1580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580)
5. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1580&version=20110AB158097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- AB 1580 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **47–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1580 Bonilla By Hernandez — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 1580 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 24. Page 4486.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4582.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6101.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 856, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d599afbe-554f-479b-bf90-32b3eebb13f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).