California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill
SB 449: Health care service plan requirements.
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 449 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health care service plan requirements. Primary sponsor: Suzette Martinez Valladares (R). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
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. Existing law requires a health care service plan to meet specified requirements, and requires a health care service plan contract to provide to subscribers and enrollees specified basic health care services.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzette Martinez Valladares | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 23 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
- Referred to Com. on RLS.
- From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.