republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2142.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees' health benefits: premiums."
description: "The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , authorizes the board to contract with carriers offering health benefit plans. Existing law also authorizes the board to contract for, or approve, health benefit plans that charge a contracting agency and its employees and annuitants rates based on regional variations in the costs of health care services and to contract for, or approve, health benefit plans exclusively for the employees and annuitants of contracting agencies, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2142"
citation: "California AB 2142 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employees' health benefits: premiums."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Furutani"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab29db81-bcff-4204-9d6e-060edb199b93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142"
source_hash: "9d1710631091d9d4cd11bd8b5143527659d0e1ab39300c08eaf5990466cbeba8"
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 2142 (20112012) — Public employees' health benefits: premiums.

The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) , which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) , authorizes the board to contract with carriers offering health benefit plans. Existing law also authorizes the board to contract for, or approve, health benefit plans that charge a contracting agency and its employees and annuitants rates based on regional variations in the costs of health care services and to contract for, or approve, health benefit plans exclusively for the employees and annuitants of contracting agencies, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214299INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214298AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214297AMD)
4. **05/31/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214296AMD)
5. **07/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214295AMD)
6. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214293CHP)
7. **AB2142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142)
8. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2142&version=20110AB214294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2142 FURUTANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2142 FURUTANI Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Furutani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4889.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4646.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6245.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab29db81-bcff-4204-9d6e-060edb199b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).