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type: "Bill"
title: "California Health Benefit Exchange: background checks."
description: "Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , each state is required, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the executive board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Existing law creates the California Health Trust Fund as a continuously appropriated fund for the administrative and operational expenses of the Exchange."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "California SB 509 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Health Benefit Exchange: background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/736e7c58-55a8-4f19-9c1e-d2b34b6d61ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509"
source_hash: "48a709f0dbf10b97c866ce820ec9cff6cab4d7fdfdead0e6d9f2a3733d10431a"
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 SB 509 (20132014) — California Health Benefit Exchange: background checks.
Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , each state is required, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the executive board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Existing law creates the California Health Trust Fund as a continuously appropriated fund for the administrative and operational expenses of the Exchange.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50999INT)
2. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50998AMD)
3. **04/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50997AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50996AMD)
5. **06/17/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50994CHP)
6. **SB509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509)
7. **06/14/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB509&version=20130SB50995ENR)
## Votes
- SB 509 DeSaulnier Third Reading Urgency By COOLEY — **771** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **60** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- DeSaulnier — primary (person)
- Emmerson — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-30** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 882.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1015.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1117.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 1919.)
- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1993.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-06-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/736e7c58-55a8-4f19-9c1e-d2b34b6d61ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).