CaliforniaPregnancy would let people enroll in or change individual health plans
The vetoed proposal would have let pregnant people apply for or choose individual health coverage outside regular enrollment periods, generally within 60 days.
What it does
Pregnancy would give people a chance to enroll in or change individual health coverage outside regular enrollment periods. They generally would have 60 days to apply or choose a plan.
Argument forPregnant people could get a chance to enroll in or change individual coverage outside regular enrollment periods.
Argument againstThe 60-day window could be hard for some pregnant people to meet while they compare plans and complete an application.
More detail
Health plans and insurers would have to let a person enroll in or change an individual health plan because they are pregnant. This would apply to individual health plans offered inside or outside California’s health insurance Exchange. For plans offered through the Exchange, federal rules may allow more than 60 days. A health plan’s willful violation of this requirement would be a crime. The 60-day period would begin on the date of the pregnancy triggering event. A longer period could apply to Exchange plans if federal rules provide one.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom.Latest
- Sep 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 26Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6601.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2066 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 26In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2066 Celeste Rodriguez By Wahab. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 4Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 3From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- May 21In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2066 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading By BONTA. Result: pass.Lower
- May 21Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5219.)Passed Assembly
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 8In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Mar 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Mar 25Coauthors revised.
- Mar 24
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- Feb 18Read first time. To print.Introduced
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