republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act: health benefit plans."
description: "The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, governs the funding and provision of postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their beneficiaries. Existing law requires the board to approve an employee association health benefit plan previously approved by the board in the 1987–88 contract year or prior, if the plan continues to meet the minimum standards prescribed by the board. Existing law authorizes the California Correctional Peace Officer Association Health Benefits Trust to offer different health benefit plan designs with varying premiums in different areas of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1195"
citation: "California SB 1195 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act: health benefit plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b5e24ef-46df-4988-bd8f-aeca3f01e7ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195"
source_hash: "849cc9766e39781a239192fd38925918c84980852cd388f55b7e5857c8a44beb"
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 1195 (20172018) — Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act: health benefit plans.

The Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act, which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, governs the funding and provision of postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their beneficiaries. Existing law requires the board to approve an employee association health benefit plan previously approved by the board in the 1987–88 contract year or prior, if the plan continues to meet the minimum standards prescribed by the board. Existing law authorizes the California Correctional Peace Officer Association Health Benefits Trust to offer different health benefit plan designs with varying premiums in different areas of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195&version=20170SB119599INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195&version=20170SB119598AMD)
3. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195&version=20170SB119596CHP)
4. **SB1195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195)
5. **08/20/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1195&version=20170SB119597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1195 Portantino Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1195 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2018-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4605.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-04-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4764.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1009, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b5e24ef-46df-4988-bd8f-aeca3f01e7ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).