AB 2066 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Triggering event: pregnancy.

Summary

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 requires a health care service plan or disability insurer to allow an individual to enroll in or change their health benefit plan as a result of a specified triggering event. This bill would make pregnancy a triggering event for purposes of enrollment or changing a health benefit plan. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2026 Last action Aug 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

08/30/26 - Enrolled → AB2066 · 1 edit

MINOR

The diff compares the formal enrolled document of AB 2066 with its web page rendering on the California legislature site. There are no substantive policy changes between the two versions. The differences are entirely presentational: the formal document header, digest formatting, and page layout were replaced with web navigation elements, metadata fields, and reformatted text. The actual legislative content - making pregnancy a triggering event for enrolling in or changing individual health benefit plans under both the Health and Safety Code and Insurance Code - is identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The formal enrolled bill document (with legislative header, clerk signatures, and chapter heading) was replaced by a web page version with navigation menus, search tools, version tracking links, and metadata fields. No changes to the substantive text of the bill.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 25, 2026 · Assembly May 21, 2026

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Aug 25, 2026

D Democratic30

30 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

lower

Aug 26, 2026

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Aug 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

upper

Aug 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

upper

Aug 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

upper

Jun 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

upper

May 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5219.)

lower

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 14).

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

lower

1 primary · 35 co-sponsors