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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care coverage: treatment for infertility and fertility services."
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description: "Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes various requirements and restrictions on health care service plans and disability insurers, including, among other things, a requirement that every group health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 1990, offer coverage for the treatment of infertility, except in vitro fertilization."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 729"
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citation: "California SB 729 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health care coverage", "treatment for infertility and fertility services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Menjivar"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2024-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/520c21ac-9964-4c2b-864b-21a94d8bd987"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729"
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source_hash: "ca8e0e681ce1b91a6e66b33bc6471ed623704bfac8d39c3c8231311fc6c2a709"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 729 (20232024) — Health care coverage: treatment for infertility and fertility services.
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Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes various requirements and restrictions on health care service plans and disability insurers, including, among other things, a requirement that every group health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 1990, offer coverage for the treatment of infertility, except in vitro fertilization.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72999INT)
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2. **05/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72998AMD)
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3. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72997AMD)
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4. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72996AMD)
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5. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72995AMD)
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6. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72993CHP)
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7. **SB729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729)
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8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB729&version=20230SB72994ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 729 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Wicks — **62–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB729 Menjivar et al. — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB729 Menjivar et al. Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Menjivar — primary (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Haney — coauthor (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 26.
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- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 941.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1273.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** September 1 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 6696.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5635.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 930, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/520c21ac-9964-4c2b-864b-21a94d8bd987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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