Bill Commons

CA SB 177

enacted

Medi-Cal: Fair Share from Big Corporations Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 177 pass?

Yes. CA SB 177 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 177 about?

Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, headed by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. Existing law further establishes, within the agency, a number of departments and other entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. This bill would create the Fair Share from Big Corporations Act pursuant to which the Department of Finance would be required to, on or before March 1, 2027, present to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee one or more options for holding the state's largest corporations accountable for the taxpayer costs of their employees enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, as specified, unless the Medicaid program-related provisions of a specified federal law are repealed on or before March 1, 2027. The bill would appropriate $10,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Finance for purposes of implementing the these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Who sponsors CA SB 177?

Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review is the primary sponsor of CA SB 177.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, headed by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services. Existing law further establishes, within the agency, a number of departments and other entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. This bill would create the Fair Share from Big Corporations Act pursuant to which the Department of Finance would be required to, on or before March 1, 2027, present to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee one or more options for holding the state's largest corporations accountable for the taxpayer costs of their employees enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, as specified, unless the Medicaid program-related provisions of a specified federal law are repealed on or before March 1, 2027. The bill would appropriate $10,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Finance for purposes of implementing the these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2026-07-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill,appropriation
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Reviewauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-06

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-06-30

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-06-29

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-06-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-06-29

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  7. 2026-06-29

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2026-06-29

    Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.

  9. 2026-06-29

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5068.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  10. 2026-06-29

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 5891.)

  11. 2026-06-29

    Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Asssembly Rule 96.

    withdrawal

  12. 2026-06-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 5896.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  13. 2026-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2025-03-20

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 456.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. 2025-03-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-03-17

    Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)

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  19. 2025-03-17

    Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

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  21. 2025-01-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.

  22. 2025-01-23

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/23/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-23Compare
  • 06/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-16Compare
  • 06/29/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-29Compare
  • 07/06/26 - Chaptered — 2026-07-06Compare
  • SB177Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading SB177 B. & F.R.

    2025-03-20 · pass · 28-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Niello: no
    • Jones: no
    • Stern: other
    • Reyes: other

  • W/O REF. TO FILE SB177 B. & F.R.

    2026-06-29 · pass · 29-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Niello: no
    • Choi: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Jones: other
    • Rubio: other

  • SB 177 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL

    2026-06-29 · pass · 57-18

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Flora: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Chen: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Bains: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Muratsuchi: other

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