CSR Legislative Report
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AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry , D) Health care coverage: provider directories.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/21/2025
Last Amended: 08/21/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan and a health insurer that contracts with providers for alternative rates of payment to publish and maintain a provider directory or directories with information on contracting providers that deliver health care services enrollees or insureds, and requires a health care service plan and health insurer to regularly update its printed and online provider directory or directories, as specified. Existing law authorizes the departments to require a plan or insurer to provide coverage for all covered health care services provided to an enrollee or insured who reasonably relied on materially inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information contained in a plan’s or insurer’s provider directory or directories. This bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care to select a central utility and develop uniform provider directory standards requiring a health care service plan to use the designated central utility to collect, manage, and verify the consistency and completeness of their provider directories. The bill would also require health insurers to use the designated central utility and follow the uniform provider directory standards. The bill would require plans and health insurers to submit their provider directories to the central utility for analysis, and would require the central utility to create a consistency report for each directory. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
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AB 371 (Haney , D) Dental coverage.
Current Text: 04/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2025
Last Amended: 04/24/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits a contract between a plan or insurer and a dentist from requiring a dentist to accept an amount set by the plan or insurer as payment for dental care services provided to an enrollee or insured that are not covered services under the enrollee’s contract or the insured’s policy. Existing law requires a plan or insurer to make specified disclosures to an enrollee or insured regarding noncovered dental services. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer to comply with specified timely access requirements. For a specified plan or insurer offering coverage for dental services, existing law requires urgent dental appointments to be offered within 72 hours of a request, nonurgent dental appointments to be offered within 36 business days of a request, and preventive dental care appointments to be offered within 40 business days of a request, as specified. Existing law requires a contract between a health care service plan and health care provider to ensure compliance with network adequacy standards and to require reporting by providers to plans to ensure compliance. Under existing law, a health care service plan is required to annually report to the Department of Managed Health Care on this compliance. Existing law authorizes the Department of Insurance to issue guidance to insurers regarding annual timely access and network reporting methodologies. If a health care service plan or health insurer pays a contracting dental provider directly for covered services, this bill would require the plan or insurer to pay a noncontracting dental provider directly for covered services if the noncontracting provider submits to the plan or insurer a written assignment of benefits form signed by the enrollee or insured. The bill would require the plan or insurer to provide a predetermination or prior authorization to the dental provider and to reimburse the provider for not less than that amount, except as specified. The bill would require the plan or insurer to notify the enrollee or insured that the provider was paid and that the out-of-network cost may count towards their annual or lifetime maximum. The bill would require a noncontracting dental provider to make specified disclosures to an enrollee or insured before accepting an assignment of benefits. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/24/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Asm. Health
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR
AB 1190 (Haney , D) Department of Motor Vehicles: private industry partner fees.
Current Text: 06/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 06/23/2025
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/18/2025)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners, including second-line business partners, to provide services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law authorizes the department to establish the maximum amount that a qualified private industry partner may charge its customers, but requires the department to annually adjust that amount, as specified. The bill would, notwithstanding the above-described authorization to establish maximum charge amounts, require the department to limit the amount that any qualified second-line business partner may charge an individual customer for a vehicle registration renewal that is processed on the second-line business partner’s internet website to no more than the maximum amount a first-line service provider may charge its customers. The bill would also direct the department to require all qualified second-line business partners to prominently display on their internet websites, in a clear and conspicuous manner, a working link to the department’s internet website with a specified statement informing the public that consumers may obtain services from the department at no additional cost. (Based on 06/23/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR
Support letter sent to Sen. Transp
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR
AB 1609 (Zbur, D) Customer service chatbots.
Current Text: 09/28/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/20/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 08/20/2026
Status: 09/28/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/28/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law prohibits a person from using a bot, as defined, to mislead another person about the bot’s artificial identity to incentivize the purchase or sale of goods or services, among other things. Existing law requires an operator of a companion chatbot, as defined, to provide a disclosure regarding the companion chatbot’s artificial identity if a reasonable person interacting with the companion chatbot would be misled to believe that the person is interacting with a human. This bill would prohibit a large private business, as defined, from representing that a customer service chatbot is a human. The bill would also require the large private business to provide certain disclosures if a reasonable person interacting with the chatbot would be misled to believe they are interacting with a human. This bill would require a large private business to provide a customer service feature allowing customers to contact a customer service agent during its regular business hours, as defined. This bill would require, except as specified, large private businesses to make a good faith effort to connect a customer to an agent within 15 minutes after a request for human customer service is made, or schedule an appointment with the customer, as specified. For online chatbot customer service platforms and telephonic customer service platforms, the bill would require a large private business to make a good faith effort to limit initial and cumulative telephonic hold times, and would require certain large private businesses to post prescribed contact information on their internet website. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 09/28/2026 text)
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AB 1629 (Haney , D) Dental coverage.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/26/2026
Last Amended: 08/20/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits a contract between a plan or insurer and a dentist from requiring a dentist to accept an amount set by the plan or insurer as payment for dental care services provided to an enrollee or insured that are not covered services under the enrollee’s contract or the insured’s policy. Existing law requires a plan or insurer to make specified disclosures to an enrollee or insured regarding noncovered dental services. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer to comply with specified timely access requirements. Under existing law, a health care service plan is required to annually report to the Department of Managed Health Care on this compliance. Existing law authorizes the Department of Insurance to issue guidance to insurers regarding annual timely access and network reporting methodologies. This bill would require a plan or insurer, including a specialized plan or insurer, covering dental services, to pay a noncontracting dental provider, which includes a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, directly for covered services rendered to the enrollee or insured in accordance with the benefit provided in the contract or policy when the noncontracting dental provider submits to the plan or insurer an assignment of benefits. The bill would require a noncontracting dental provider to obtain a signed and dated consent to collect an assignment of benefits from an enrollee or insured. The bill would prohibit a noncontracting dental provider collecting an enrollee’s or insured’s assignment of benefits from charging an enrollee or insured, prior to the plan or insurer payment, more than an estimate of the enrollee’s or the insured’s cost sharing for the treatment or a deposit that approximates that cost share. Because a willful violation of these provisions relative to health care service plans would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
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AB 1906 (Aguiar-Curry , D) Health care coverage: home test kits.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended: 08/21/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2002, to provide coverage for an annual cervical cancer screening test upon the referral of the patient’s health care provider. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy, except for a vision-only, dental-only, or Medicare supplement contract or policy, issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage without cost sharing for cervical cancer screening, including the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized or cleared self-collected cervical screening kits, when ordered or provided by an in-network provider and consistent with specified recommendations published by the State Department of Public Health. For health savings account-eligible plans or policies, the bill would require the above-described coverage only to the extent the plan is a high deductible health plan under specified federal law. Because a willful violation of the bill’s requirements relative to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
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ACR 80 (Stefani, D) Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.
Current Text: 06/25/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 05/05/2025
Status: 06/25/2025 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2025
Location: 06/25/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This measure would proclaim and acknowledge the month of June 2025 as Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month in California and would reiterate the importance of annually recognizing Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month in the state. (Based on 06/25/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
ACR 206 (Stefani, D) Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month.
Current Text: 07/06/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 05/14/2026
Status: 07/06/2026 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 07/06/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This measure would proclaim the month of June 2026 as Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness Month. (Based on 07/06/2026 text)
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Support letter sent to Author -- 05/22/2026
AJR 3 (Schiavo, D) Public social services: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Current Text: 09/05/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 03/03/2025
Last Amended: 08/19/2025
Status: 09/05/2025 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2025
Location: 09/05/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This measure would call on the state’s Representatives in Congress to support legislation to repeal all of the provisions of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act that adversely affect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs, to oppose privatization of these programs, and to protect and improve these programs, and would call on the President of the United States to immediately restore program staffing levels, to work with Congress to protect and improve these programs, and to disavow any efforts to privatize Social Security. (Based on 09/05/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Sen. Human Services
SB 23 (Valladares, R) Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeowners.
Current Text: 03/05/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/02/2024
Last Amended: 03/05/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 02/02/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable, and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. The California Constitution and existing property tax law provide various exemptions from taxation, including, among others, a disabled veterans’ exemption and a veterans’ organization exemption. This bill would exempt from taxation, property owned by, and that constitutes the principal place of residence of, a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and the veteran’s spouse jointly, if the veteran is 100% disabled. The bill would provide an unmarried surviving spouse a property exemption in the same amount that they would have been entitled to if the veteran was alive and if certain conditions are met. The bill would require certain documentation to be provided to the county assessor to receive the exemption and would prohibit any other real property tax exemption from being granted to the claimant if receiving the exemption provided by the provisions of this bill. The bill would make these exemptions applicable for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2025, but occurring before January 1, 2035. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/05/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Sen. M&VA
SB 56 (Seyarto, R) Property taxation: disabled veterans’ exemption: household income.
Current Text: 06/19/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/07/2025
Last Amended: 06/19/2025
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was REV. & TAX SUSPENSE FILE on 7/15/2025)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable, and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. The California Constitution and existing property tax law provide various exemptions from taxation, including, among others, a disabled veterans’ exemption. Under existing law, the disabled veterans’ exemption exempts from taxation part of the full value of property that constitutes the principal place of residence of a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and veteran’s spouse jointly, and the unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran, as provided, if the veteran incurred specified injuries or died while on active duty in military service, as described. Existing law exempts that part of the full value of the residence that does not exceed $100,000, or $150,000 if the household income of the claimant does not exceed $40,000, as adjusted for inflation, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2036, exclude service-connected disability payments from the definition of “household income” for purposes of the disabled veterans’ exemption. The bill would also correct an erroneous cross-reference in the above-described provisions. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/19/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Sen. M&VA
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR
Support letter sent to Asm. M&VA
Support letter sent to Asm. R&T
SB 296 (Archuleta, D) Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeowners.
Current Text: 09/28/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 08/13/2026
Status: 09/28/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 727, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/28/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. The California Constitution and existing property tax law provide various exemptions from taxation, including, among others, a disabled veterans’ exemption and a veterans’ organization exemption. This bill would exempt from taxation, as provided, 50% of that part of the full value of the property that does not exceed $1,000,000 that is owned by, and that constitutes the principal place of residence of, a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and the veteran’s spouse jointly, if the veteran is 100% disabled. The bill would provide an unmarried surviving spouse a property exemption in the same amount that they would have been entitled to if the veteran were alive and if certain conditions are met. In the case of a disabled veteran or unmarried surviving spouse whose household income does not exceed a specified amount for the relevant assessment year, as prescribed, the bill would exempt 100% of that part of the full value of the property that does not exceed $1,000,000 from taxation. The bill would require certain documentation to be provided to the county assessor to receive the exemption and would prohibit any other real property tax exemption from being granted to the claimant if receiving the exemption provided by the provisions of this bill. The bill would make these exemptions applicable for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2027, but occurring before January 1, 2032. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/28/2026 text)
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SB 351 (Cabaldon, D) Health facilities.
Current Text: 10/06/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2025
Last Amended: 09/08/2025
Status: 10/06/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/06/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law generally regulates the licensing and operation of health facilities and other facilities providing health care in this state. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, creates the Medical Board of California to license and regulate physicians and surgeons. Under existing law, the Dental Practice Act, the Dental Board of California licenses and regulates dentists. Existing law, the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, generally requires a nonprofit public benefit corporation to give written notice to the Attorney General before it sells, leases, conveys, exchanges, transfers, or disposes of its assets, except as specified. Existing law provides specific procedures for health facilities and additionally requires these facilities to obtain the consent of the Attorney General prior to entering into a specified agreement or transaction. This bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund, as defined, involved in any manner with a physician or dental practice doing business in this state from interfering with the professional judgment of physicians or dentists in making health care decisions and exercising power over specified actions, including, among other things, making decisions regarding coding and billing procedures for patient care services. The bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund from entering into a contract or other agreement or arrangement with a physician or dental practice if the contract or other agreement or arrangement would enable the person or entity to engage in the prohibited actions described above and would make provisions of those contracts or other agreements void and unenforceable. The bill would prohibit and render void and unenforceable specified types of contracts between a physician or dental practice and a private equity group or hedge fund that include any clause barring any provider in that practice from competing with that practice in the event of a termination or resignation, or from disparaging, opining, or commenting on that practice in any manner as to any issues involving quality of care, utilization of care, ethical or professional challenges in the practice of medicine or dentistry, or revenue-increasing strategies employed by the private equity group or hedge fund, as specified. This bill would entitle the Attorney General to injunctive relief and attorney’s fees and costs for the enforcement of these provisions, as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 10/06/2025 text)
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Support letter sent to Author
Support letter sent to Sen. BP&ED
Support letter sent to Sen. JUD
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR
Support letter sent to Asm. B&P
Support letter sent to Asm. JUD
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR
SB 888 (Seyarto, R) Property taxation: disabled veterans’ exemption: household income.
Current Text: 03/26/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/14/2026
Last Amended: 03/26/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/5/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. The California Constitution and existing property tax law provide various exemptions from taxation, including, among others, a disabled veterans’ exemption. Under existing law, the disabled veterans’ exemption exempts from taxation part of the full value of property that constitutes the principal place of residence of a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and veteran’s spouse jointly, and the unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran, as provided, if the veteran incurred specified injuries or died while on active duty in military service, as described. Existing law exempts that part of the full value of the residence that does not exceed $100,000, or $150,000 if the household income of the claimant does not exceed $40,000, as adjusted for inflation, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2037, exclude service-connected disability payments from the definition of “household income” for purposes of the disabled veterans’ exemption. The bill would also correct an erroneous cross-reference in the above-described provisions. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/26/2026 text)
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SB 1244 (Allen, D) Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure Act.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 08/19/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1020, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law requires various disclosures to be made regarding health care service plan and health insurance benefits and coverages. Existing law generally regulates the conduct of business between health care service plans and solicitors and health insurers and broker-agents, including requirements regarding contracts in which the solicitor represents the health care service plan or the broker-agent represents the insurer. This bill, the Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure Act, would require a covered service provider, defined to mean a broker, agent, consultant, or advisor that meets specified criteria, to disclose to a public agency, as defined, or its group health plan the direct and indirect compensation it expects to receive for providing brokerage or consulting services, among other information, before it enters into, extends, renews, or materially amends a contract or arrangement for brokerage services or consulting services with the public agency or its plan. The bill would also require a covered service provider to disclose compensation and material financial interests related to a covered health care benefits arrangement that the covered service provider recommends, places, renews, services, or materially influences for the public agency or its group health plan. Disclosure would be required under these provisions if the covered service provider reasonably expects it would receive $1,000 or more in compensation during the term of the contract or arrangement. The bill would require these disclosures at specified times. This bill would prohibit a covered service provider from requesting, accepting, or receiving direct or indirect compensation in connection with brokerage services or consulting services provided to a public agency or its plan unless the compensation is disclosed, and would prohibit evasion of disclosure requirements. (Based on 08/28/2026 text)
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Signature request letter sent to Governor -- 08/31/26
SB 1249 (Richardson, D) Personal income taxes: deductions: elderly seniors.
Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended: 05/14/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was REV. & TAX SUSPENSE FILE on 6/15/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions from gross income in calculating adjusted gross income. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and before January 1, 2032, would allow a deduction in determining adjusted gross income for a taxpayer in an amount equal to $3,000 per qualified individual, reduced by 6% of the taxpayer’s federal adjusted gross income in excess of specified thresholds. The bill would define “qualified individual” for these purposes to mean the taxpayer if the taxpayer is an elderly senior and, in the case of a married couple filing a joint return, the taxpayer’s spouse if the taxpayer’s spouse is an elderly senior, and would define “elderly senior” to mean an individual who meets specified age criteria as of the last day of the taxable year. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
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SB 1407 (Archuleta, D) Personal Income Tax Law: exclusions: military retirement pay: survivor benefit pay.
Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 05/14/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/5/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax laws, defines “gross income” as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income, including, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2030, an exclusion from gross income for retirement pay received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, during the taxable year, not to exceed $20,000, from the federal government for service performed in the uniformed services, as defined, and an exclusion for income annuity payments received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, not to exceed $20,000, pursuant to a United States Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan, as specified. Existing law defines “qualified taxpayer” for the purpose of these exclusions to mean taxpayers that satisfy specified income limitations. This bill would amend the above-described exclusions to annually adjust the income limitations for taxpayers for inflation, as provided, and to increase the limitation on income eligible for exclusion to $40,000. The bill would also extend the exclusions until taxable years beginning before January 1, 2037. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 05/14/2026 text)
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SB 1444 (Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement) Employment.
Current Text: 08/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 03/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/23/2026
Status: 08/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 162, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 08/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law, the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, permits a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to elect from among several optional settlements for the purpose of structuring the member’s retirement allowance. Existing law requires a member to make an election, revocation, or change of election within 30 calendar days after the making of the first payment on account of any retirement allowance or, in the event of a change of retirement status after retirement, within 30 calendar days after making the first payment on account of that change in retirement status. This bill would extend the timeframe for those actions to within 60 calendar days after making the first payment. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/27/2026 text)
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SR 104 (Becker, D) Relative to aging and chronic disease policy.
Current Text: 06/10/2026 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Introduced: 04/27/2026
Status: 06/08/2026 - From consent calendar on motion of Senator Becker. Ordered to third reading. Read.
Location: 06/08/2026 - Senate ADOPTED
Summary: This measure would resolve that the Senate supports targeting the biological processes of aging as a strategy to prevent or delay the onset of chronic disease. Resolved, That the State of California should invest in research grants, public-private partnerships, and regulatory frameworks that support the development of therapies that slow, prevent, or reverse aspects of biological aging. Resolved, That the State Department of Public Health and California Department of Aging are encouraged to incorporate the science of aging into chronic disease prevention and healthy aging strategies, including education, outreach, and demonstration programs. Resolved, That the Senate encourages collaboration between California’s academic research institutions, health plans, and biotechnology firms to pilot innovative aging interventions that improve health span and reduce long-term care costs. (Based on 06/10/2026 text)
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SR 109 (Menjivar, D) Relative to veterans.
Current Text: 08/07/2026 - Enrolled HTML PDF
Introduced: 04/30/2026
Status: 08/06/2026 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 35. Noes 0.)
Location: 08/06/2026 - Senate ADOPTED
Summary: This measure would resolve that the Senate honors and recognizes the service and sacrifice of Korean American Vietnam War veterans residing in the State of California. Resolved, That the Senate expresses its respect and gratitude for their contributions to freedom and democracy. Resolved, That the Senate encourages continued cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Korea in matters concerning the welfare and dignity of these veterans. (Based on 08/07/2026 text)
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Support letter sent to Author -- 06/09/26
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AB 83 (Pacheco, D) The California Elder Financial Abuse Prevention Act.
Current Text: 05/01/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/20/2024
Last Amended: 05/01/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/15/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency a Department of Financial Protection and Innovation under the direction of the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation. Under existing law, the department has charge of the execution of specified laws relating to various financial institutions and financial products and services. This bill would enact the California Elder Financial Abuse Prevention Act, which would authorize a depository institution, as defined, to take specified actions when, based on their own observations or information received from a governmental or law enforcement agency, the institution believes that an eligible adult, as defined, is the victim or target of financial abuse, including delaying or refusing a transaction involving the eligible adult and preventing the transfer of funds from the eligible adult’s account. The bill would authorize a depository institution to notify an associated third party, as defined, if the depository institution believes an eligible adult may be the victim of financial abuse, and would exempt that disclosure from state privacy laws or requirements. (Based on 05/01/2025 text)
AB 105 (Gabriel, D) Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Current Text: 09/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 09/08/2025
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/13/2025)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26 fiscal years, respectively. This bill would amend those budget acts by amending, adding, and repealing items of appropriation and making other changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill. (Based on 09/08/2025 text)
AB 108 (Gabriel, D) Budget Act of 2025.
Current Text: 05/07/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 05/04/2026
Status: 05/07/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 8, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 05/07/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The Budget Act of 2025 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2025 by amending items of appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill. (Based on 05/07/2026 text)
AB 109 (Gabriel, D) Budget Act of 2026.
Current Text: 06/29/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 06/11/2026
Status: 06/29/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 06/29/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2026–27 fiscal year. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill. (Based on 06/29/2026 text)
AB 156 (Committee on Budget) Labor.
Current Text: 09/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 09/08/2025
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/13/2025)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law, the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) creates the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pensions and benefits to state employees and their beneficiaries and prescribes the rights and duties of employers participating in the system. Under PERL, benefits are funded by investment income and employer and employee contributions, which are deposited into the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, a continuously appropriated trust fund administered by the system’s board of administration. PERL prescribes methods for the calculation and payment of the state employer contribution for its employees who are PERS members. PERL provides for an annual adjustment of the state’s contribution in the budget and quarterly appropriations to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund from the General Fund and other funds that are responsible for payment of the employer contribution. Existing law makes additional General Fund appropriations to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund for the 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25 fiscal years. Supplemental payments connected with appropriations for those fiscal years are to be apportioned to the state employee member categories generally, as directed by the Department of Finance, and to specified state employee member categories, including to the state miscellaneous member category, the industrial member category, the state safety member category, and the state peace officer/firefighter member category. The California Constitution establishes the Budget Stabilization Account in the General Fund and requires the Controller, in each fiscal year, to transfer from the General Fund to the Budget Stabilization Account amounts that include a sum equal to 1.5% of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year. These provisions further require, until the 2029–30 fiscal year, that the Legislature appropriate a percentage of these moneys, the amount of which is generated pursuant to specified calculations, for certain obligations and purposes, including addressing unfunded liabilities for state-level pension plans. This bill would appropriate $372,000,000 from the General Fund for the purposes identified in the constitutional provisions described above, to supplement the state’s appropriation to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund. The bill would specify that this appropriation represents a portion of the amount identified in a specific provision of the Budget Act of 2025. The bill would require the Department of Finance to provide the Controller with a schedule establishing the timing of specific transfers. The bill would require the supplemental payment to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund to be apportioned to specified state employee member categories, not to exceed $174,523,000 to the state miscellaneous member category, $10,296,000 to the state industrial member category, $20,479,000 to the state safety member category, and $166,702,000 to the state peace officer/firefighter member category. The bill would require the appropriation described above to be applied to the unfunded state liabilities for the state employee member categories that are in excess of the base amounts for the 2025–26 fiscal year. (Based on 09/08/2025 text)
AB 161 (Committee on Budget) State employment: state bargaining units.
Current Text: 09/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/08/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 09/08/2025
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/13/2025)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law provides that a provision of a memorandum of understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized employee organization representing state civil service employees that requires the expenditure of funds does not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to provide a memorandum of understanding to the Legislative Analyst, who then has 10 calendar days from the date the tentative agreement is received to issue a fiscal analysis to the Legislature. Existing law prohibits the memorandum of understanding from being subject to legislative determination until either the Legislative Analyst has presented a fiscal analysis of the memorandum of understanding or until 10 calendar days have elapsed since the memorandum was received by the Legislative Analyst. This bill, notwithstanding the above-described statutory provisions, would approve provisions of the agreements entered into by the state employer and specified state bargaining units. The bill would provide that the provisions of the agreements that require the expenditure of funds will not take effect unless funds for these provisions are specifically appropriated by the Legislature. The bill would authorize the state employer or the bargaining units to reopen negotiations if funds for these provisions are not specifically appropriated by the Legislature. The bill would require the provisions of the agreement that require the expenditure of funds to become effective even if the provisions are approved by the Legislature in legislation other than the annual Budget Act. By approving provisions of the agreements that require the expenditure of funds, this bill would make an appropriation. (Based on 09/08/2025 text)
AB 224 (Bonta, D) Health care coverage: essential health benefits.
Current Text: 10/13/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/09/2025
Last Amended: 07/08/2025
Status: 10/13/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/13/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law requires the Department of Insurance to regulate health insurers. Existing law requires an individual or small group health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, to include, at a minimum, coverage for essential health benefits pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Existing law requires a health insurance policy to cover the same health benefits that the benchmark plan, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Small Group HMO 30 plan, offered during the first quarter of 2014, as specified. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to review California’s essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a new benchmark plan for the 2027 plan year for health insurers. The bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, if the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the state, as specified, the benchmark plan for health insurers to include certain additional benefits, including coverage for specified fertility services and specified durable medical equipment. (Based on 10/13/2025 text)
AB 290 (Bauer-Kahan, D) California FAIR Plan Association: automatic payments.
Current Text: 10/09/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/22/2025
Last Amended: 09/05/2025
Status: 10/09/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/09/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law establishes the California FAIR Plan Association, a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate to administer a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels. Existing law authorizes cancellation of an insurance policy for nonpayment of premium, and requires an insurer to notify a policyholder at least 10 calendar days before the policy will be canceled for nonpayment. This bill, on or before April 1, 2026, would require the California FAIR Plan Association to create an automatic payment system and accept automatic payments for premiums from policyholders. The bill would prohibit cancellation or nonrenewal of a FAIR Plan policy solely because the policyholder is not enrolled in automatic payments. The bill would provide a period for the policyholder to pay any outstanding installment premium, in accordance with the existing 10-calendar-day notice requirement. (Based on 10/09/2025 text)
AB 298 (Bonta, D) Health care coverage cost sharing.
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/23/2025
Last Amended: 01/05/2026
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law limits the copayment, coinsurance, deductible, and other cost sharing that may be imposed for specified health care services. This bill would prohibit a large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or other cost-sharing requirement for in-network health care services, as defined, provided to an enrollee or insured under 21 years of age, except as otherwise specified. The bill would prohibit an individual or entity from billing or seeking reimbursement, as provided, for in-network health care services provided to an enrollee or insured under 21 years of age, except as otherwise specified. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
AB 489 (Bonta, D) Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 10/11/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 07/08/2025
Status: 10/11/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/11/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law establishes various healing arts boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs that license and regulate various healing arts licensees. Existing laws, including, among others, the Medical Practice Act and the Dental Practice Act, make it a crime for a person who is not licensed as a specified health care professional to use certain words, letters, and phrases or any other terms that imply that they are authorized to practice that profession. Existing law requires, with certain exemptions, a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence, as defined, to generate written or verbal patient communications pertaining to patient clinical information, as defined, to ensure that those communications include both (1) a disclaimer that indicates to the patient that a communication was generated by generative artificial intelligence, as specified, and (2) clear instructions describing how a patient may contact a human health care provider, employee, or other appropriate person. Existing law provides that a violation of these provisions by a physician shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, as appropriate. This bill would make provisions of law that prohibit the use of specified terms, letters, or phrases to falsely indicate or imply possession of a license or certificate to practice a health care profession, as defined, enforceable against an entity who develops or deploys artificial intelligence (AI) or generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology that uses one or more of those terms, letters, or phrases in its advertising or functionality. The bill would prohibit the use by AI or GenAI technology of certain terms, letters, or phrases that indicate or imply that the advice, care, reports, or assessments being provided through AI or GenAI is being provided by a natural person with the appropriated health care license or certificate. This bill would make a violation of these provisions subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate health care profession board, and would make each use of a prohibited term, letter, or phrase punishable as a separate violation. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/11/2025 text)
AB 510 (Addis, D) Health care coverage: utilization review: peer-to-peer review.
Current Text: 04/28/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 04/28/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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 generally authorizes a health care service plan or disability insurer to use prior authorization and other utilization review or utilization management functions, under which a licensed physician or a licensed health care professional who is competent to evaluate specific clinical issues may approve, modify, delay, or deny requests for health care services based on medical necessity. This bill, upon communication of a decision by a health care service plan or health insurer delaying, denying, or modifying a health care service based in whole or in part on medical necessity, would authorize a provider to request review of the decision by a licensed physician, or a licensed health care professional under specified circumstances, who is competent to evaluate the specific clinical issues involved in the health care service being requested, and is of the same or similar specialty as the requesting provider. The bill would authorize a licensed health care professional to be the reviewer if the provider requesting peer-to-peer review is not a physician. The bill, notwithstanding any other law, would require these reviews to occur within 2 business days, or if an enrollee or insured faces an imminent and serious threat to their health, within a timely fashion appropriate for the nature of the enrollee’s or insured’s condition, as specified. If a health care service plan or health insurer fails to meet those timelines, the bill would deem the request for the health care service as approved and supersede any prior delay, denial, or modification. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/28/2025 text)
AB 539 (Schiavo, D) Health care coverage: prior authorizations.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/11/2025
Last Amended: 08/21/2026
Status: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly VETOED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law provides that a health care service plan or a health insurer that authorizes a specific type of treatment by a health care provider shall not rescind or modify this authorization after the provider renders the health care service in good faith and pursuant to the authorization. This bill would require an approved prior authorization for a health care service requested by an in-network provider to remain valid for at least one year from the date of approval, or the period requested by the treating provider if less than one year. Because a violation of the bill by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/30/2026 text)
AB 569 (Stefani, D) California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013: exceptions: supplemental defined benefit plans.
Current Text: 04/24/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2025
Last Amended: 04/24/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law, the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA), on and after January 1, 2013, requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with PEPRA, as specified. Among other things, PEPRA prohibits a public employer from offering a defined benefit pension plan exceeding specified retirement formulas, requires new members of public retirement systems to contribute at least a specified amount of the normal cost, as defined, for their defined benefit plans, and prohibits an enhancement of a public employee’s retirement formula or benefit adopted after January 1, 2013, from applying to service performed prior to the operative date of the enhancement. PEPRA prohibits a public employer from offering a supplemental defined benefit plan if the public employer did not do so before January 1, 2013, or, if it did, from offering that plan to an additional employee group after that date. This bill would authorize a public employer, as defined, to bargain over contributions for supplemental retirement benefits administered by, or on behalf of, an exclusive bargaining representative of one or more of the public employer’s bargaining units, subject to the limitations specified above. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 04/24/2025 text)
AB 682 (Ortega, D) Health care coverage reporting.
Current Text: 10/06/2025 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/14/2025
Last Amended: 09/04/2025
Status: 01/22/2026 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Location: 10/06/2025 - Assembly VETOED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally authorizes a health care service plan or health insurer to use prior authorization and other utilization review or utilization management functions, under which a licensed physician or a licensed health care professional who is competent to evaluate specific clinical issues may approve, modify, delay, or deny requests for health care services based on medical necessity. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer to file various reports with the relevant regulating department. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer that imposes prior authorization to report specified prior authorization data from the previous calendar year on its internet website on or before February 1, 2026,for health care service plans, on or before February 1, 2028, for health insurers, and annually on or before February 1 thereafter. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to annually report specified claims and prior authorization data to the relevant department by February 1 of each year, beginning February 1,2027, for health care service plans and February 1, 2028, for health insurers. The bill would require the departments to post this information, disaggregated by plan or insurer, on their internet websites by April 15 of each year, beginning April 15, 2027, for health care service plans and April 15, 2028, for health insurers. The bill would authorize the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care and the Insurance Commissioner to reject a report required pursuant to these provisions, and would authorize the commissioner to assess an administrative penalty against a health insurer for a failure to correct a deficiency in the report. The bill would authorize the director and commissioner to make rules and regulations specifying the form and content of the reports posted online and submitted to the relevant department, as specified. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 09/12/2025 text)
AB 787 (Papan, D) Provider directory disclosures.
Current Text: 06/23/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 06/23/2025
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/7/2025)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires specified health care service plans and health insurers to publish and maintain a provider directory or directories with information on contracting providers that deliver health care services to enrollees or insureds, and requires a health care service plan or health insurer to regularly update its printed and online provider directory or directories, as specified. Existing law requires provider directories to include specified information and disclosures. This bill would require a full service health care service plan, specialized mental health or dental plan, health insurer, or specialized mental health or dental insurer to include in its provider directory or directories a statement advising an enrollee or insured to contact the plan or insurer for assistance finding an in-network provider and for an explanation of their rights regarding out-of-network coverage, and would specify the format of the statement. The bill would require the plan or insurer to acknowledge the request within one business day if contacted for that assistance, and to provide a list of in-network providers confirmed to be accepting new patients within 2 business days for a request deemed urgent by the enrollee or insured and 5 business days for a request deemed nonurgent by an enrollee or insured. Because a violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/23/2025 text)
AB 789 (Bonta, D) Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.
Current Text: 10/11/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 09/03/2025
Status: 10/11/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/11/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The Political Reform Act of 1974 regulates the use of campaign funds held by candidates for elective office, elected officers, and campaign committees. The act authorizes a candidate or elected officer to use campaign funds to pay or reimburse the state for the reasonable costs of installing and monitoring a home or office electronic security system or for another tangible item related to security, and for the reasonable costs of providing personal security to a candidate, elected officer, or the immediate family or staff of a candidate or elected officer, provided that the threat or potential threat to safety arises from the candidate’s or elected officer’s activities, duties, or status as a candidate or elected officer or from staff’s position as staff of the candidate or elected officer. The act permits a candidate or elected officer to expend a maximum of $10,000 of campaign funds for these purposes during their lifetime. This bill would eliminate that monetary cap until January 1, 2029. Beginning January 1, 2029, the bill would instead permit a candidate or elected officer to expend a maximum of $10,000 of campaign funds for these purposes per calendar year. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/11/2025 text)
AB 871 (Stefani, D) Mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2025
Last Amended: 06/22/2026
Status: 09/20/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, establishes procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse. Existing law requires a mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as defined, to report financial abuse in a specified manner, including by telephone or through a confidential internet reporting tool, as specified, immediately, or as soon as practicably possible. If reported by telephone, existing law requires a written report to be sent, or an internet report to be made through the internet reporting tool, to the local adult protective services agency or the local law enforcement agency within 2 working days. Existing law deems all officers and employees of a financial institution to be mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult. A mandated reporter who fails to report financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult is liable for civil penalties, as specified. If a report of financial abuse is made by a mandated reporter, as described above, this bill would also require a report to be made to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center within 2 working days. Within 48 hours of filing a report, the bill would require a financial institution to notify the elder or dependent adult identified in the report, as specified, and provide additional required information. The bill would require a financial institution to provide annual training to its mandated reporters on how to escalate internally and report suspected financial abuse of an elder or a dependent adult to both local and federal authorities, as specified. The bill would specify that violations of these provisions would not incur the above-described liability for civil penalties. The bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2028. (Based on 09/20/2026 text)
AB 894 (Carrillo, D) General acute care hospitals: patient directories.
Current Text: 10/06/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 08/27/2025
Status: 10/06/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/06/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime. Existing federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), authorizes a covered health care provider to use specified protected health information to maintain a directory of patients in its facility, and to disclose that information to persons who ask for the patient by name. Existing federal law requires a covered health care provider to inform an individual of its privacy practices generally and the use and disclosure of information in the directory and to provide the patient with the opportunity to restrict or prohibit that use or disclosure. Existing law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, prohibits a health care provider, a contractor, or a health care service plan from disclosing medical information, as defined, but does not prevent a general acute care hospital, upon an inquiry concerning a specific patient, from releasing a patient’s name, address, age, and sex, and a general description of the reason for treatment, among other information, unless there is a specific written request by the patient to the contrary. This bill, beginning July 1, 2026, would require a general acute care hospital to inform a patient or the patient’s representative, at the time of admission or as soon as reasonably possible in cases of patient incapacity or an emergency treatment circumstance, that the patient or the patient’s representative may restrict or prohibit the use or disclosure of protected health information in the hospital’s patient directory and would require the hospital to provide the patient or the patient’s representative an acknowledgment of the hospital’s privacy practices by using a separate document and having hospital personnel verbally inform the patient or the patient’s representative, as specified. Because a violation of the bill’s requirements would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/06/2025 text)
AB 909 (Schiavo, D) Financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult: fraudulent transactions: liability.
Current Text: 03/28/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2025
Last Amended: 03/28/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/15/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), provides that, unless displaced by the particular provisions of the UCC, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause supplement the UCC. Existing law generally regulates fund transfers, including by prescribing rules applicable to a transfer pursuant to a security procedure for the detection of error to a beneficiary not intended by the sender. This bill would similarly specify that those fund transfer provisions do not displace those principles of law and equity. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 03/28/2025 text)
AB 980 (Arambula, D) Health care: medically necessary treatment.
Current Text: 04/21/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Last Amended: 04/21/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/15/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions applied to other medical conditions, as specified. Existing law generally authorizes a health care service plan or health insurer to use utilization review to approve, modify, delay, or deny requests for health care services based on medical necessity. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of physical conditions and diseases under the same terms and conditions applied to other medical conditions, as specified. The bill would require the delivery of medically necessary services out of network if those services are not available within geographic and timely access standards. The bill would require a plan or insurer to apply specified clinical criteria and guidelines in conducting utilization review of the covered health care services and benefits for physical conditions and diseases. The bill would authorize the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care or the Insurance Commissioner, as applicable, to assess administrative or civil penalties, as specified, for violation of the requirements relating to utilization review. Because a willful violation of these requirements relative to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 04/21/2025 text)
AB 1054 (Gipson, D) Public employees’ retirement: deferred retirement option program: public employee health benefits.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Last Amended: 08/13/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: Existing law, the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, prescribes retirement benefits for members of specified county and district retirement systems. Existing law establishes the Deferred Retirement Option Program as an optional benefit program for specified safety members of those systems that, by ordinance or resolution by the county board of supervisors or the governing body, elect to adopt it. The program provides eligible members access, upon service retirement, to a lump sum or, in some cases, monthly payments in addition to a monthly retirement allowance, as specified. Existing law, the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL), creates the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) for the purpose of providing pension benefits to state employees and employees of contracting agencies and prescribes the rights and duties of members of the system and their beneficiaries. This bill would establish the Deferred Retirement Option Program as a voluntary program within PERS for employees of State Bargaining Units 5 (Highway Patrol) and 8 (Firefighters), and certain supervisory or managerial employees of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The bill would require certain actions to occur, including completion of an actuarial analysis to determine the proposed program will be cost neutral, before the program becomes effective and applicable. The bill would require members who elect to participate in the program to meet certain requirements, including waiving any claims with respect to age and other discrimination in employment laws relative to the program. The bill would establish a program account for each participant and would require the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to, among other things and at least once annually, provide a statement to the participant that displays the value or balance of the participant’s program account. The bill would require PERS to commence paying the member their monthly retirement allowance as of the first day of the month following the deferred retirement date. The bill would authorize the participant to designate a person or persons as beneficiaries of the participant’s program account at any time during the program period from their election date to the deferred retirement calculation date. Beginning on July 1 of the fiscal year the program is implemented, and every 5 years thereafter, the bill would require the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to submit a report of an actuarial analysis to specified entities. The bill would entitle participants who entered the program prior to the effective date of any modifications by the Legislature to elect whether to become subject to those modified provisions or to remain subject to the program as it existed on the participant’s election date. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 08/30/2026 text)
AB 1067 (Quirk-Silva, D) Public employees’ retirement: felony convictions.
Current Text: 10/06/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Last Amended: 07/15/2025
Status: 10/06/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/06/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law, the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013, requires a public employee who is convicted of any state or federal felony for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of, the public employee’s official duties in pursuit of the office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary, disability retirement, service retirement, or other benefits, to forfeit all accrued rights and benefits in any public retirement system from the earliest date of the commission of the felony to the date of conviction, and prohibits the public employee from accruing further benefits in that public retirement system. Existing law defines “public employee” for purposes of these provisions to mean an officer, including one who is elected or appointed, or an employee of a public employer. Existing law also requires an elected public officer, who takes public office, or is reelected to public office, on or after January 1, 2006, and who is convicted during or after holding office of any felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes arising directly out of their official duties as an elected public officer, to forfeit all rights and benefits under, and membership in, any public retirement system in which they are a member, effective on the date of final conviction, as provided. This bill would require a public employer that is investigating a public employee for misconduct arising out of or in the performance of, the public employee’s official duties in pursuit of the office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary, disability retirement, service retirement, or other benefits, to continue the investigation even if the public employee retires while under investigation, if the investigation indicates that the public employee may have committed a crime. The bill would require a public employer, if the investigation indicates that the public employee may have committed a crime, to refer the matter to the appropriate law enforcement agency, and would then authorize the public employer to close the investigation. Under the bill, if the public employee is convicted of a felony for any conduct described above, the public employee would forfeit all accrued rights and benefits in any public retirement system pursuant to the provisions governing forfeiture described above. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/06/2025 text)
AB 1068 (Bains, D) Emergency services available during natural disasters.
Current Text: 07/01/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Last Amended: 07/01/2025
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/18/2025)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes, among others, the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency, also known as CalHHS and headed by the Secretary of CalHHS, and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires, among other things, the department to administer the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program. No later than July 1, 2026, this bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS, in coordination with various state departments, offices, and other entities, as specified, to develop a working group to make recommendations regarding the evacuation and sheltering needs of older adults and persons with disabilities living in long-term care facilities during natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. The bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS to submit the recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, and would repeal that requirement on January 1, 2030. (Based on 07/01/2025 text)
AB 1309 (Flora, R) State employees: compensation: firefighters.
Current Text: 10/03/2025 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Status: 01/22/2026 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Location: 10/03/2025 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: Existing law provides that in order for the state to recruit skilled firefighters for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it is the policy of the state to consider prevailing salaries and benefits prior to making salary recommendations. Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources, in order to provide comparability in pay, to take into consideration the salary and benefits of other jurisdictions employing 75 or more full-time firefighters who work in California. This bill would require the state to pay firefighters who are rank-and-file members of State Bargaining Unit 8, employed by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, within 15% of the average salary for corresponding ranks in 20 listed California fire departments. The bill would require the state and the exclusive representative for State Bargaining Unit 8 to jointly survey annually and calculate the estimated average salaries for those fire departments. The bill would also require the Department of Human Resources, on or before January 1, 2027, to conduct and report to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection a cursory survey on the salaries and benefits for the prior year of each of the fire chiefs for 5 listed California fire departments. The bill would provide that when determining compensation for uniformed classifications of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, it is the policy of the state to consider the salary of corresponding ranks within the comparable jurisdictions listed, as well as other factors, including internal comparisons. The bill would require any salary increase for firefighters under these provisions to be implemented through a memorandum of understanding, in accordance with specified procedures governing collective bargaining agreements. The bill would include legislative findings and declarations related to its provisions. (Based on 09/08/2025 text)
AB 1366 (Flora, R) Reimbursement for pharmacist services.
Current Text: 01/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 01/05/2026
Status: 02/02/2026 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which health care services are provided to low-income individuals pursuant to a schedule of benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Under existing law, pharmacist services are a benefit under the Medi-Cal program, subject to federal approval, and the rate of reimbursement for pharmacist services is 85% of the fee schedule for physician services, except for medication therapy management (MTM) pharmacist services. Existing law requires the department to implement an MTM reimbursement methodology relating to the dispensing of qualified specialty drugs by an eligible contracting pharmacy, which would be intended to supplement Medi-Cal payments to eligible pharmacies for MTM pharmacist services provided in conjunction with certain specialty drug therapy categories. This bill would additionally require the rate of reimbursement for advanced practice pharmacist services to be the same as the fee schedule for physician services, including MTM pharmacist services. The bill would require the department to implement an MTM reimbursement methodology relating to the use of drugs to ensure that Medi-Cal payments are only made to eligible advanced practice pharmacists or pharmacies for MTM pharmacist services provided in conjunction with certain specialty drug therapy categories. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 01/05/2026 text)
AB 1383 (McKinnor, D) Public employees’ retirement benefits.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 08/27/2026
Status: 09/20/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: The Public Employees’ Retirement Law (PERL) establishes the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) to provide a defined benefit to members of the system based on final compensation, credited service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. Existing law creates the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund, which is continuously appropriated for purposes of PERS, including depositing employer and employee contributions. Under the California Constitution, assets of a public pension or retirement system are trust funds. The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) establishes a variety of requirements and restrictions on public employers offering defined benefit pension plans. In this regard, PEPRA restricts the amount of compensation that may be applied for purposes of calculating a defined pension benefit for a new member, as defined, by restricting it to specified percentages of the contribution and benefit base under a specified federal law with respect to old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits. Existing law, the Teachers’ Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. This bill, for service performed on and after January 1, 2027, would prohibit the pensionable compensation for calendar year 2027 used to calculate the defined benefit paid to a new member of a retirement system subject to PEPRA who retires from the system from exceeding specified percentages of the contribution and benefit base under the specified federal law with respect to old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits. The bill would make related, conforming changes to these provisions on pensionable compensation. The bill also would require a new member of STRS to be subject to specified limits of the Teachers’ Retirement Law. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/03/2026 text)
AB 1415 (Bonta, D) California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act.
Current Text: 10/11/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 08/21/2025
Status: 10/11/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/11/2025 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law, the California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act, establishes within the Department of Health Care Access and Information the Office of Health Care Affordability to analyze the health care market for cost trends and drivers of spending, develop data-informed policies for lowering health care costs for consumers and purchasers, set and enforce cost targets, and create a state strategy for controlling the cost of health care and ensuring affordability for consumers and purchasers. Existing law requires the office to conduct ongoing research and evaluation on payers, fully integrated delivery systems, and providers to determine whether the definitions or other provisions of the act include those entities that significantly affect health care cost, quality, equity, and workforce stability. Existing law defines multiple terms relating to these provisions, including a health care entity to mean a payer, provider, or a fully integrated delivery system and a provider to mean specified entities delivering or furnishing health care services. This bill would update the definitions applying to these provisions, including defining a provider to mean specified entities delivering or furnishing health care services. The bill would include additional definitions, including, but not limited to, a hedge fund to mean a pool of funds managed by investors for the purpose of earning a return on those funds, regardless of strategies used to manage the funds, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would require the office to conduct ongoing research and evaluation on management services organizations, as specified, and to establish requirements for management services organizations to submit data and other information as necessary to carry out the functions of the office. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/11/2025 text)
AB 1439 (Garcia, D) Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards.
Current Text: 09/20/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 08/13/2026
Status: 09/20/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/20/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. Existing law prohibits the boards of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) and the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) from making certain new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds, including in a thermal coal company, as defined. Existing law provides that a board is not required to take any action regarding those investments unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board’s fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill would request the University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center to conduct an independent study to analyze the extent of labor standards protections in California real estate and infrastructure development projects funded through the real asset portfolios of PERS and STRS. The bill would request that the study and a report of its findings be completed and provided to the Legislature and the Department of Finance by January 1, 2028, as specified. (Based on 09/20/2026 text)
AB 1563 (Gabriel, D) Budget Act of 2026.
Current Text: 01/09/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/09/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was BUDGET on 4/6/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2026–27 fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 01/09/2026 text)
AB 1770 (Garcia, D) Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee’s Law.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 08/18/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract that includes terms requiring binding arbitration for dispute settlement to provide a specified disclosure to subscribers or enrollees. Existing law, the California Arbitration Act, provides a statutory framework for the enforcement of contractual arbitration under California law. Existing law establishes standards for arbitration, and requires a court to vacate an arbitration award if it makes certain findings. This bill would require the Attorney General to oversee compliance by health care service plans with specified provisions regulating the use of binding arbitration to settle disputes. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to require reports from health care service plans for this purpose. The bill would also require the Attorney General to notify the director of the department of any corrective action taken pursuant to these provisions. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
AB 1773 (Rubio, Blanca, D) Pharmacy benefit managers.
Current Text: 03/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 03/16/2026
Status: 07/01/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(13). (Last location was HEALTH on 5/13/2026)
Location: 07/01/2026 - Senate DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a pharmacy benefit manager contracting with a health care service plan or health insurer to secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the department has established the licensure process, whichever is later. This bill would require the department to maintain a public internet website displaying specified information for each licensed pharmacy benefit manager, including, among other things, the legal name, license number, and license expiration date. (Based on 03/16/2026 text)
AB 1799 (Ortega, D) Integrated health care service plan investment disclosures.
Current Text: 02/10/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2026 (Spot bill)
Status: 04/30/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was PRINT on 2/10/2026)
Location: 04/30/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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. Existing law requires a health care service plan’s assets to be invested in a prudent manner and requires the director of the department to determine the acceptability of a health care service plan’s investments, as specified. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the public disclosure of material investment holdings of nonprofit organizations providing integrated health care service plans. (Based on 02/10/2026 text)
AB 1887 (Zbur, D) Prescription drug coverage for rare diseases.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended: 08/21/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth specified prior authorization and step therapy limitations for health care service plans and health insurers. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to require a health care service plan or health insurer to complete prior authorization within 30 days upon initial request, as specified, for a drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of a rare disease if the drug is prescribed by a specialist with expertise in the condition or disease being treated, the specialist has determined the drug is medically necessary, and the drug is the only FDA-approved treatment for the rare disease. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
AB 1900 (Kalra, D) Guaranteed Health Care for All.
Current Text: 02/12/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2026 (Spot bill)
Status: 04/23/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was PRINT on 2/12/2026)
Location: 04/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. PPACA defines a “qualified health plan” as a plan that, among other requirements, provides an essential health benefits package. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene), provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. This bill, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, would create the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program, or CalCare, to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage and a health care cost control system for the benefit of all residents of the state. Under the bill, CalCare would be a health care service plan subject to Knox-Keene. The bill, among other things, would provide that CalCare cover a wide range of medical benefits and other services and would incorporate the health care benefits and standards of other existing federal and state provisions, including the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medi-Cal, ancillary health care or social services covered by regional centers for persons with developmental disabilities, Knox-Keene, and the federal Medicare Program. The bill would make specified persons eligible to enroll as CalCare members during the implementation period, and would provide for automatic enrollment. The bill would require the board to seek all necessary waivers, approvals, and agreements to allow various existing federal health care payments to be paid to CalCare, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/12/2026 text)
AB 1929 (Ortega, D) Health care coverage: investments: disclosure.
Current Text: 08/13/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 08/13/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 8/19/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans offered by participating carriers as required under PPACA. This bill would require a nonprofit health care service plan participating in the Exchange to annually disclose its material investment holdings to the Exchange on or before July 1 of each year, unless otherwise specified by regulation, beginning on July 1, 2027. The bill would require the Exchange to prominently display, and make accessible to the public, those disclosures on its internet website. If a plan fails to comply with the disclosure requirements, the bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care to assess an administrative penalty against the plan, as specified. The bill would require the Exchange to prominently post the plan’s noncompliance status on its internet website until compliance is achieved. (Based on 08/13/2026 text)
AB 1979 (Bonta, D) Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 08/20/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 854, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
Summary: The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, or a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law deems a business that offers a mental health digital service or reproductive or sexual health digital service to a consumer for the purpose of allowing the individual to manage the individual’s information, or for the diagnosis, treatment, or management of a medical condition of the individual, to be a provider of health care subject to the requirements of the CMIA. The bill would additionally deem a business that offers a health care chatbot, as defined, to a consumer for the above-described purposes to be a provider of health care subject to the requirements of the CMIA. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/01/2026 text)
AB 2000 (Aguiar-Curry , D) Drug formularies.
Current Text: 04/16/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/16/2026
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/13/2026)
Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies to meet certain criteria for its formularies and the placement of drugs on formularies. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies from making changes to a formulary during a plan or policy year, except in specified circumstances. If a plan or insurer implements a formulary change requiring an enrollee or insured to change to a different drug in the same drug class during the plan year, the bill would authorize the individual to remain on the previously covered drug for the rest of the plan year if the drug was previously approved for coverage for the individual’s medical condition, is appropriately prescribed, and is considered safe and effective for treating that condition, and would require the plan or insurer to notify the individual and their provider no less than 90 days before the change is implemented. The bill would require a plan or insurer, or its pharmacy benefit manager, to report to the appropriate department any changes made to a formulary during a plan or policy year within 30 days of the change being made. The bill would authorize the departments to investigate and take enforcement action against a plan or insurer for noncompliance with the above-described requirements and to impose, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing, administrative penalties, as specified, for a violation of these provisions. The bill would authorize the departments to conduct audits related to these provisions. Because a willful violation of the bill’s provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/16/2026 text)
AB 2022 (Gonzalez, Jeff, R) Property taxation: exemption: disabled veteran homeowners.
Current Text: 06/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 06/04/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/3/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The California Constitution provides that all property is taxable and requires that it be assessed at the same percentage of fair market value, unless otherwise provided by the California Constitution or federal law. The California Constitution and existing property tax law provide various exemptions from taxation, including, among others, a disabled veterans’ exemption and a veterans’ organization exemption. This bill would exempt from taxation, as provided, 50% of the full value of the property owned by, and that constitutes the principal place of residence of, a veteran, the veteran’s spouse, or the veteran and the veteran’s spouse jointly, if the veteran is 100% disabled. The bill would provide an unmarried surviving spouse a property exemption in the same amount that they would have been entitled to if the veteran were alive and if certain conditions are met. In the case of a disabled veteran or unmarried surviving spouse whose household income does not exceed a specified amount for the relevant assessment year, as prescribed, the bill would exempt 100% of the full value of the property from taxation. The bill would require certain documentation to be provided to the county assessor to receive the exemption and would prohibit any other real property tax exemption from being granted to the claimant if receiving the exemption provided by the provisions of this bill. The bill would make these exemptions applicable for property tax lien dates occurring on or after January 1, 2027, but occurring before January 1, 2032. By imposing additional duties on local tax officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/04/2026 text)
AB 2029 (Sharp-Collins, D) Dental plan portal.
Current Text: 03/19/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/17/2026
Last Amended: 03/19/2026
Status: 04/23/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was HEALTH on 3/19/2026)
Location: 04/23/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth requirements for a contract between a plan or insurer and a dentist and requires a plan or insurer to make specified disclosures to an enrollee or insured regarding noncovered dental services. This bill would require a dental plan or dental insurer to establish a dental portal accessible to a treating dental provider to provide information regarding an enrollee’s contract or insured’s policy, including the actual payment or reimbursement amounts for covered services. The bill would require the portal to provide accurate, real-time benefit eligibility and benefits information in a clear and understandable format, provide specified information about a corresponding payment, accept attachments in an electronic format, and be made available at no cost to contracted and noncontracted dental providers, among other requirements. Because a willful violation of these provisions relative to health care service plans would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 03/19/2026 text)
AB 2431 (Patel, D) Downcoding medical claims.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/6/2026)
Location: 05/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth requirements by which a health care service plan or health insurer reimburses a provider for health care services. This bill would require a determination to downcode a claim, which is the unilateral alteration by a payer of the service or procedure code submitted on a claim resulting in a lower payment, to include a documented review of the clinical information supporting the billed service. The bill would set forth requirements for and limitations of downcoding decisions, and, if a claim is downcoded, would require a plan or insurer to provide a billing provider with specified information and a clear and accessible process for disputing downcoded claims. The bill would prohibit a plan or insurer from using downcoding practices in a targeted or discriminatory manner against physicians or other health care providers who routinely treat patients with high acuity, complex, or chronic conditions, and would authorize the departments to take action against a plan or insurer that engages in a pattern or practice of discriminatory downcoding or that otherwise violates these provisions. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the departments to collect data on coding and claims adjustment practices, evaluate the information, and submit a report with specified information to the Legislature. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
AB 2575 (Ortega, D) Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 08/28/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Vetoed by Governor.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Assembly VETOED
Summary: Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of various labor laws, including investigation of employee complaints. This bill would declare it is the policy of the state that a worker providing direct patient care be free to use their professional judgment to make assessments and decisions within their scope of practice as appropriate for their patients. The bill would prohibit an employer from retaliating or discriminating against a worker providing patient care, as specified. The bill would authorize a worker who is subject to retaliation or discrimination in violation of these provisions to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner against an employer. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to enforce these provisions, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/04/2026 text)
AB 2610 (Addis, D) Patient access to health records.
Current Text: 02/20/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Status: 04/30/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was PRINT on 2/20/2026)
Location: 04/30/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law generally governs a patient’s access to the patient’s own health records. Existing law establishes procedures for providing access to health care records or summaries of those records by patients and by those persons who have responsibility for decisions regarding the health care of others, as described. Existing law sets forth the Legislature’s findings and declarations regarding the right of access to that information, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those findings and declarations. (Based on 02/20/2026 text)
AB 2613 (Sharp-Collins, D) Health care service plans: provider contract termination: notice.
Current Text: 09/18/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 08/21/2026
Status: 09/18/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/18/2026 - Assembly CHAPTERED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law requires a health care service plan to notify an enrollee by United States mail at least 60 days before the termination date of a contract between a health care service plan and a provider group or a general acute care hospital to which the enrollee is assigned. If the plan reaches an agreement with a terminated provider after sending that notice, existing law requires the plan to offer each affected enrollee the option to return to that provider and to reassign the enrollee to another provider if the enrollee does not exercise that option. This bill would additionally require a health care service plan to notify an enrollee by email or text message, as specified and only if the enrollee has opted in and provided their contact information, at least 60 days before the termination date of a contract between a health care service plan and a provider group or a general acute care hospital to which the enrollee is assigned. If the plan reaches an agreement with a terminating or terminated provider after sending the notice of termination, the bill would require the health care service plan to send written notice by United States mail and by email or text message, as specified and only if the enrollee has opted in and provided their contact information, to affected enrollees no later than 10 business days after department approval of the notice. If the agreement is to renew, enter into a new contract, or to not terminate their contract before the termination date in the notice of termination, the bill would require the health care service plan to notify enrollees that they will remain assigned to the provider. If the agreement is to renew, enter into a new contract, or to not terminate their contract after the termination date in the notice of termination, the bill would require the health care service plan to notify and offer each affected enrollee the option to return to that provider. The bill would require a health care service plan to submit these notices to the department for approval within 5 business days of reaching an agreement. Because a willful violation of these provisions would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/18/2026 text)
AB 2658 (Ellis, R) Community property in trust.
Current Text: 04/09/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 04/09/2026
Status: 04/30/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last location was JUD. on 4/13/2026)
Location: 04/30/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing law establishes procedures for the creation, modification, and termination of a trust, and regulates the administration of trusts by trustees on behalf of beneficiaries. Under existing law, upon the death of a person who is married or in a registered domestic partnership, 1/2 of the community property and quasi-community property belongs to the surviving spouse, unless the spouses have agreed in writing to divide the property in another manner. Existing law authorizes a decedent’s surviving spouse to require the transferee of quasi-community property in which the surviving spouse had an expectancy at the time of transfer to restore to the decedent’s estate 1/2 of the property if the transferee retains the property or, if not, 1/2 of its proceeds or, if none, 1/2 of its value at the time of transfer, provided outlined requirements are met. This bill would clarify that a spouse may establish a trust and fund that trust by transferring to it that spouse’s 1/2 of the community real property, community personal property, and quasi-community personal property for the purpose of disposing of that spouse’s 1/2 on that spouse’s death. The bill would specify that a spouse’s interest in community property that is transferred to the trust remains community property, unless both spouses agree otherwise in writing. (Based on 04/09/2026 text)
AJR 25 (Bonta, D) Health care coverage: enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
Current Text: 01/29/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/29/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was HEALTH on 2/18/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: This measure would urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to immediately restore and extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits. (Based on 01/29/2026 text)
SB 1 (Seyarto, R) Personal income taxes: exclusion: Military Services Retirement and Surviving Spouse Benefit Payment Act.
Current Text: 02/20/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/02/2024
Last Amended: 02/20/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 02/02/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law, in conformity with federal income tax laws, defines “gross income” as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, and provides various exclusions from gross income, including an exclusion for combat-related special compensation. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2035, would exclude from gross income retirement pay received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, during the taxable year, not to exceed $20,000, from the federal government for service performed in the uniformed services, as defined. The bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2035, would also exclude from gross income annuity payments received by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, during the taxable year, not to exceed $20,000, pursuant to a United States Department of Defense Survivor Benefit Plan. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 02/20/2025 text)
SB 40 (Wiener, D) Health care coverage: insulin.
Current Text: 10/13/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/03/2024 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 08/29/2025
Status: 10/13/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 737, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/13/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2000, that covers prescription benefits to include coverage for insulin if it is determined to be medically necessary. This bill would prohibit a large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, or an individual or small group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy on or after January 1, 2027, from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other cost sharing of more than $35 for a 30-day supply of an insulin prescription drug, except as specified. On and after January 1, 2026, the bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from imposing step therapy as a prerequisite to authorizing coverage of insulin, and, for a large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy, would require at least one insulin for a given drug type in all forms and concentrations to be on the prescription drug formulary. The bill would limit the $35 cap for an individual or small group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to only Tier 1 and Tier 2 insulin if the drug formulary is grouped into tiers, except as provided. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/13/2025 text)
SB 41 (Wiener, D) Pharmacy benefits.
Current Text: 10/11/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/03/2024
Last Amended: 09/04/2025
Status: 10/11/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/11/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a pharmacy benefit manager engaging in business with a health care service plan or health insurer to secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the department has established the licensure process, whichever is later. This bill would prohibit a pharmacy benefit manager from, among other things, requiring use of only an affiliated pharmacy, as specified, and from imposing requirements, conditions, or exclusions that discriminate against a nonaffiliated pharmacy in connection with dispensing drugs. The bill would limit a pharmacy benefit manager’s income to that derived from a pharmacy benefit management fee for pharmacy benefit management services provided, and would require a pharmacy benefit manager to use a passthrough pricing model. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to recover specified civil penalties and receive equitable relief for violations of the pharmacy benefit manager licensing provisions. Because a violation of these provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require a contract between a health insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the Department of Managed Health Care has established the pharmacy benefit manager licensure process, whichever is later, to require the pharmacy benefit manager to be licensed and in good standing with the Department of Managed Health Care. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/11/2025 text)
SB 101 (Wiener, D) Budget Act of 2025.
Current Text: 06/27/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/23/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 06/09/2025
Status: 06/27/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 4, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 06/27/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill. (Based on 06/27/2025 text)
SB 108 (Laird, D) Budget Act of 2025.
Current Text: 05/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/23/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 05/04/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was BUDGET on 3/24/2025)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: The Budget Act of 2025 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2025–26 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2025 by amending items of appropriation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a Budget Bill. (Based on 05/04/2026 text)
SB 306 (Becker, D) Health care coverage: prior authorizations.
Current Text: 10/06/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 09/04/2025
Status: 10/06/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 408, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/06/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally authorizes a health care service plan or health insurer to use prior authorization and other utilization review or utilization management functions, under which a licensed physician or a licensed health care professional who is competent to evaluate specific clinical issues may approve, modify, delay, or deny requests for health care services based on medical necessity. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer, including those plans or insurers that delegate utilization review or utilization management functions to medical groups, independent practice associations, or to other contracting providers, to comply with specified requirements and limitations on their utilization review or utilization management functions. This bill would require the departments to issue instructions on or before July 1, 2026, to health care service plans and health insurers to report statistics regarding covered health care services subject to prior authorization and the percentage rate at which they are approved or modified, among other things. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to report those statistics, including information from another entity to which the plan or insurer delegates responsibility for prior authorization decisions, to the appropriate department on or before December 31, 2026. The bill would require the departments to evaluate these reports, identify the health care services approved at a rate that meets or exceeds the threshold rate of 90%, and, on or before July 1, 2027, publish a list of the services identified. Beginning on the date specified by the relevant department, but no later than January 1, 2028, the bill would require a plan or insurer, or its delegated entities, to cease requiring prior authorization for the most frequently approved covered health care services. The bill would authorize a plan or insurer to reinstate prior authorization for a specific health care provider if it determines that the provider has engaged in fraudulent activity or clinically inappropriate care, as specified. No later than 4 years after the cessation of prior authorization requirements, the bill would require the departments to publish reports regarding the impact of that cessation using information reported by plans and insurers, including data on reinstatements of prior authorization for specific providers. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2034. Because a willful violation of the bill’s requirements relative to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/06/2025 text)
SB 363 (Wiener, D) Health care coverage: independent medical review.
Current Text: 07/17/2025 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2025
Last Amended: 07/17/2025
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/7/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law establishes the Independent Medical Review System within each department, under which an enrollee or insured may seek review if a health care service has been denied, modified, or delayed by a health care service plan or health insurer and the enrollee or insured has previously filed a grievance that remains unresolved after 30 days. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to annually report to the appropriate department the total number of claims processed by the health care service plan or health insurer for the prior year and its number of treatment denials or modifications, separated and disaggregated as specified, commencing on or before June 1, 2026. The bill would require the departments to compare the number of a health care service plan’s or health insurer’s treatment denials and modifications to (1) the number of successful independent medical review overturns of the plan’s or insurer’s treatment denials or modifications and (2) the number of treatment denials or modifications reversed by a plan or insurer after an independent medical review for the denial or modification is requested, filed, or applied for. For a health care service plan or health insurer with 10 or more independent medical reviews in a given year, the bill would make the health care service plan or health insurer liable for an administrative penalty, as specified, if more than 50% of the independent medical reviews filed with a health care service plan or health insurer result in an overturning or reversal of a treatment denial or modification in any one individual category of specified general types of care. The bill would make a health care service plan or health insurer liable for additional administrative penalties for each independent medical review resulting in an additional overturned or reversed denial or modification in excess of that threshold. The bill would require the departments to annually include data, analysis, and conclusions relating to these provisions in specified reports. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 07/17/2025 text)
SB 386 (Limón, D) Dental providers: fee-based payments.
Current Text: 10/01/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/14/2025
Last Amended: 08/21/2025
Status: 10/01/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 219, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/01/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes specified coverage and disclosure requirements on health care service plans and health insurers, including specialized plans and insurers, that cover dental services. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer that provides payment directly or through a contracted vendor to a dental provider to have a non-fee-based default method of payment, as specified. The bill would require a health care service plan, health insurer, or contracted vendor to obtain affirmative consent from a dental provider who opts in to a fee-based payment method before the plan or vendor provides a fee-based payment method to the provider. The bill would authorize a dental provider to opt out of a fee-based payment method at any time by providing affirmative consent to the health care service plan, health insurer, or contracted vendor. The bill would require a health care service plan, health insurer, or contracted vendor that obtains affirmative consent to opt in or opt out of fee-based payment to apply the decision to include both the dental provider’s entire practice and all products or services covered pursuant to a contract with the dental provider, as specified. The bill would specify that its provisions do not apply if a health care service plan or health insurer has a direct contract with a provider that allows the provider to choose payment methods, including a non-fee-based payment method for services rendered. The bill would make its provisions operative on April 1, 2026, and apply to health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after that date. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/01/2025 text)
SB 418 (Menjivar, D) Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
Current Text: 10/13/2025 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 09/05/2025
Status: 03/02/2026 - Stricken from file. Veto sustained.
Location: 10/13/2025 - Senate VETOED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law also provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services pursuant to a schedule of benefits. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after the bill’s operative date that provides outpatient prescription drug benefits to cover up to a 12-month supply of a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription hormone therapy, and the necessary supplies for self-administration, that is prescribed by a network provider within their scope of practice and dispensed at one time, as specified. The bill would make the same prescription hormone therapy a covered benefit under the Medi-Cal program, as specified. The bill would prohibit a plan or an insurer from imposing utilization controls or other forms of medical management limiting the supply of this hormone therapy to an amount that is less than a 12-month supply, but would not prohibit a contract, a policy, or the Medi-Cal program from limiting refills that may be obtained in the last quarter of the plan, policy, or coverage year if a 12-month supply of the prescription hormone therapy has already been dispensed during that year. The bill would exclude a Medi-Cal managed care plan contracting with the State Department of Health Care Services from these requirements. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/16/2025 text)
SB 443 (Rubio, D) Retirement: joint powers authorities.
Current Text: 10/13/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2025
Last Amended: 08/28/2025
Status: 10/13/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 756, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/13/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) requires a public retirement system, as defined, to modify its plan or plans to comply with the act and, among other provisions, establishes new retirement formulas that may not be exceeded by a public employer offering a defined benefit pension plan for employees first hired on or after January 1, 2013. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which may include hiring employees and establishing retirement systems. Existing law authorizes a joint powers authority formed by the Cities of Brea and Fullerton, and a joint powers authority formed by the Belmont Fire Protection District, the Estero Municipal Improvement District, and the City of San Mateo, on or after January 1, 2013, to provide their employees the defined benefit plan or formula that those employees received from their respective employers prior to the exercise of a common power, to which the employee is associated, by the joint powers authority to any employee of specified cities and districts who is not a new member and subsequently is employed by the joint powers authority within 180 days of the city or agency providing for the exercise of a common power, to which the employee was associated, by the joint powers authority. This bill would authorize the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, a joint powers authority, to provide a defined benefit plan or formula to an employee of a member agency of the joint powers authority or of another public agency, as defined, who is not a new member and who is subsequently employed by the joint powers authority within 180 days of the effective date of the retirement plan contract amendment. The bill would authorize the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency, on or before April 1, 2026, to select a defined benefit plan or formula offered by one of its member agencies prior to the exercise of a common power which the member agency offered to its employees on December 31, 2012, and designate that formula for its employees, as described above. The bill would provide that it would not exempt a new employee or a new member from the requirements of PEPRA. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/13/2025 text)
SB 503 (Weber Pierson, D) Health care services: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2025 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 08/19/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law requires a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group practice that uses generative artificial intelligence to generate written or verbal patient communications pertaining to patient clinical information, as defined, to ensure that those communications include both (1) a disclaimer that indicates to the patient that a communication was generated by generative artificial intelligence, as specified, and (2) clear instructions describing how a patient may contact a human health care provider, employee, or other appropriate person. Existing law exempts from this requirement a communication read and reviewed by a human licensed or certified health care provider. This bill would require developers and deployers, as defined, of an artificial intelligence system that produces a prediction, classification, recommendation, evaluation, or analysis that aids decisionmaking related to diagnosis or treatment, known as a clinical decision support system, to make reasonable efforts to identify clinical decision support systems developed for use by deployers that are known or have a reasonably foreseeable risk for biased impacts resulting from deployment of the system in health programs or activities. The bill would require developers to make a statement describing the intended uses and known or reasonably foreseeable risks associated with the use of the clinical decision support system and certain documentation available to deployers, as specified. The bill would require developers to make reasonable efforts to mitigate known or reasonably foreseeable risk for biased impacts resulting from use of the clinical decision support system in health programs or activities. The bill would require deployers to regularly monitor clinical decision support systems and take reasonable and proportionate steps to mitigate known or reasonably foreseeable risk of biased impacts. The bill would specify that a person, partnership, state or local governmental agency, or corporation may be both a developer and a deployer. (Based on 08/27/2026 text)
SB 538 (Dahle, R) Public Employees’ Retirement System: teaching service.
Current Text: 02/20/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/15/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law authorizes a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) who is subsequently employed to perform service subject to coverage by the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan to elect to retain coverage by PERS for that subsequent service. Existing law prescribes requirements for the exercise of this election, including that the election be submitted in writing, as specified, within 60 days after the member’s date of hire to perform the service. Existing law authorized, until January 1, 2024, a member of PERS who provided emergency teaching services pursuant to a specified executive order to elect to retain coverage notwithstanding the failure to meet specified administrative requirements. This bill would authorize a member providing services as a substitute teacher, as defined, under certain circumstances to elect to retain coverage under PERS. (Based on 02/20/2025 text)
SB 605 (Cortese, D) State attorneys and administrative law judges: compensation.
Current Text: 02/20/2025 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2025
Status: 02/02/2026 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Location: 01/23/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law requires the Department of Human Resources to establish and adjust salary ranges for each class of position in the state civil service. This bill would require that the salaries of state attorneys and administrative law judges in State Bargaining Unit 2 be no less than the average salaries of public sector attorneys, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Human Resources to annually conduct a survey of salary structures by March 1 of each year, as specified, and determine the average salary of public sector attorneys for each attorney classification, including the minimum salaries for entry-level attorneys, intermediate classifications, and the most senior nonmanagerial attorneys, noninclusive of negotiated differentials. The bill would require that state administrative law judges have salaries not less than the maximum salary of state attorneys classified at a specified level. The bill would require the department to make a good faith offer of parity in salary with respect to public sector agency attorneys’ and administrative law judges’ salaries in any negotiations with the exclusive bargaining representative. The bill would provide that no state attorney or administrative law judge classification shall be reduced in salary as a result of these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 02/20/2025 text)
SB 853 (Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement) Public employees’ retirement.
Current Text: 10/01/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 03/04/2025
Last Amended: 07/15/2025
Status: 10/01/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 239, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 10/01/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law, the Teachers’ Retirement Law, establishes the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) and creates the Defined Benefit Program of the State Teachers’ Retirement Plan, which provides a defined benefit to members of the program, based on final compensation, creditable service, and age at retirement, subject to certain variations. STRS is administered by the Teachers’ Retirement Board. Existing law requires employers and employees to make contributions to the system based on the member’s creditable compensation. Existing law defines terms for the purposes of STRS. Existing law defines “employer” or “employing agency” to mean the state or any agency or political subdivision thereof, including a joint powers authority, as specified. Existing law also defines “membership” under the Teachers’ Retirement Law to mean membership in the Defined Benefit Program, except as specified. This bill would provide that the board has final authority for determining an “employer” or “employing agency” for purposes of the Teachers’ Retirement Law and related provisions governing teachers’ health care benefits. The bill would also provide that the board has final authority for determining membership in STRS, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 10/01/2025 text)
SB 879 (Laird, D) Budget Act of 2026.
Current Text: 01/09/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/09/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was BUDGET & F.R. on 1/9/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2026–27 fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 01/09/2026 text)
SB 895 (Wiener, D) California Science and Health Research Bond Act.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 01/15/2026
Last Amended: 08/27/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1040, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: (1)Existing law establishes various grant and loan programs for research, including, among others, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program, and the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program. This bill would establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research within the Government Operations Agency. The bill would require the Secretary of Government Operations to oversee the process of appointing the director of the foundation, and would authorize the Secretary of Government Operations to delegate the task of hiring and determining the salaries, bonuses, and benefits of additional personnel to the director, as specified. The bill would require the director and personnel of the foundation to be responsible for implementing the strategic objectives of the California Foundation for Science and Health Research Council, as described below, administering grants, loans, and contracts awarded by the council, and all other duties as deemed necessary for the operation of the foundation. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/08/2026 text)
SB 950 (Weber Pierson, D) Health care coverage: dementia.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/02/2026
Last Amended: 08/19/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 662, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits specified health care service plan contracts and disability insurance policies from excluding persons covered by the plan from receiving benefits if they are diagnosed as having any significant destruction of brain tissue with resultant loss of brain function, including Alzheimer’s disease. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to include coverage for all medically necessary treatments or medications, as determined by a health care provider, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease or other medical conditions affecting memory. On and after January 1, 2027, the bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from imposing step therapy protocols as a prerequisite to authorizing that coverage, except as provided. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
SB 964 (Smallwood-Cuevas, D) Prescription drug coverage: dose adjustments.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/03/2026
Last Amended: 08/17/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 663, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally authorizes a health care service plan or health insurer to use utilization review, under which a licensed physician or a licensed health care professional who is competent to evaluate specific clinical issues may approve, modify, delay, or deny requests for health care services based on medical necessity. Existing law also prohibits a health care service plan that covers prescription drug benefits from limiting or excluding coverage for a drug that was previously approved for coverage if an enrollee continues to be prescribed that drug, as specified. This bill would authorize an enrollee’s or insured’s treating contracting provider to submit a written request to a health care service plan or health insurer requesting the authority to adjust the dose or frequency of a drug to meet the specific medical needs of the enrollee or insured without prior authorization or subsequent utilization management. The bill would require the plan or insurer to issue a written response within 72 hours and to authorize the request if specified conditions are established in the request. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
SB 971 (Choi, R) Healthy Aging Community Partnership Program.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/04/2026
Last Amended: 08/05/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 664, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law establishes various programs and services for older adults, as defined, including, among other things, the Adult Education Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and health promotion and preventative health services for older adults under the administration of the State Department of Public Health. This bill would authorize a local health department, area agency on aging, community college, public or private college, public or private university, or other appropriate county department, as determined by a county, to establish a Healthy Aging Community Partnership Program for older individuals designed to promote healthy aging, social engagement, and independent living in collaboration with relevant local entities, including school districts, libraries, faith institutions, and community organizations. The bill would authorize program activities to include, among other things, technology assistance, physical activity, and other community-based enrichment activities that support healthy aging and social connection. The bill would make implementation of these provisions subject to the availability of local resources and partnerships. The bill would specify that these provisions do not duplicate or supplant specified current adult education courses, classes, and services provided by the California Community Colleges, including through the Adult Education Program, as provided. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
SB 1037 (Weber Pierson, D) Health care coverage: rate review.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/11/2026
Last Amended: 08/18/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Vetoed by the Governor. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate VETOED
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 violation of the act by a health care service plan a misdemeanor. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law defines “unreasonable rate increase,” for these purposes, to have the same meaning as in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is that an unreasonable rate increase exists when the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services makes a determination that a rate increase is excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory, among other things. This bill would instead define “unreasonable rate increase,” for the above-described purposes, to mean a rate increase that the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care or the Insurance Commissioner, as applicable, determines is excessive, unjustified, unfairly discriminatory, or otherwise unreasonable. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/27/2026 text)
SB 1049 (Weber Pierson, D) Health care claims reimbursement.
Current Text: 09/30/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended: 08/13/2026
Status: 09/30/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1001, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/30/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
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 health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer to reimburse a complete claim or a portion thereof within 30 calendar days after receipt of the claim, or, if a claim or portion thereof does not meet the criteria for completeness, to notify the claimant no later than 30 calendar days after receipt that the claim or portion thereof is contested or denied. This bill would grant a claimant no less than 90 calendar days to submit a corrected claim after a health care service plan or health insurer denies a claim or portion thereof or sends a notice of overpayment for a claim based on a defect that may be remedied by submitting a corrected claim. The bill would prohibit a plan or insurer from denying a corrected claim on the grounds that the claim was not submitted within another applicable claim filing deadline. Under the bill, a dispute related to a corrected claim would be required to be eligible for submission to the plan’s or insurer’s fast, fair, and cost-effective dispute resolution mechanism. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 08/25/2026 text)
SB 1088 (Blakespear, D) Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment.
Current Text: 09/27/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 06/18/2026
Status: 09/27/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 677, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/27/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law defines a request regarding resuscitative measures to mean a written document, signed by an individual with capacity or legally recognized health care decisionmaker and the individual’s physician that directs a health care provider regarding resuscitative measures, as prescribed. Existing law includes a prehospital “do not resuscitate” form, as developed by the Emergency Medical Services Authority or other substantially similar form, and Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form (POLST form), as approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority as requests regarding resuscitative measures. This bill would replace the term “Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment” with “POLST,” or “Portable Orders Listing Scope of Treatment.” The bill would authorize a request regarding resuscitative measures to be entered into by an individual with capacity or a health care agent, conservator with health care decisionmaking authority, or surrogate, as defined, and a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, as specified. The bill would specify that a request regarding resuscitative measures is entirely voluntary and the provision of care or admission to a facility cannot be conditioned on completion of or refusal to complete a POLST or prehospital “do not resuscitate” order. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 09/27/2026 text)
SB 1089 (Richardson, D) Preventive Treatment Health Care Act.
Current Text: 09/28/2026 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 08/20/2026
Status: 09/28/2026 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 725, Statutes of 2026.
Location: 09/28/2026 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: Existing law requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter into partnerships resulting in the production of generic prescription drugs, including at least one form of insulin made available at production and dispensing costs, if one does not already exist in the market. Existing law additionally authorizes CHHSA to enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address supply shortages for generic or brand name drugs to address emerging health concerns. This bill, the Preventive Treatment Health Care Act, would authorize CHHSA to enter into partnerships, if needed and subject to an appropriation, to increase competition, lower prices, and address supply shortages for at least one glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) antiobesity medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bill would require CHHSA to establish distribution partners, if needed, and make its best effort to negotiate pricing at or lower than the cost to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in 2025. (Based on 09/28/2026 text)
SB 1096 (Dahle, R) Personal income tax: senior tax credit: dependents: qualifying child.
Current Text: 06/03/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 06/03/2026
Status: 08/31/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(17). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 6/29/2026)
Location: 08/31/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The Personal Income Tax Law allows various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit of $227 for each dependent, as defined, of a taxpayer for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 1999, as adjusted for inflation, and which may be reduced if a taxpayer’s federal adjusted gross income exceeds a threshold amount. This bill would allow a credit against the taxes imposed by the Personal Income Tax Law for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, to a qualified taxpayer in an amount equal to $1,500 per qualified dependent, as defined. The bill would define “qualified taxpayer” for these purposes to mean a taxpayer who is or would have been, or whose spouse is or would have been, as applicable, 65 years of age or older as of the last day of the taxable year and for whom no part of their adjusted gross income for the taxable year consists of earned income, as defined. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/03/2026 text)
SB 1146 (Gonzalez, D) Advertisement claims: health-related consumer products and services: digital replicas and synthetic performers.
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/18/2026
Last Amended: 06/11/2026
Status: 08/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(14). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/5/2026)
Location: 08/14/2026 - Assembly DEAD
Summary: Existing unfair competition laws make various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising. Existing law makes it unlawful for any person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim. Existing law makes a person who violates specified false advertising provisions liable for a civil penalty, as specified, and provides that a person who violates those false advertising provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law makes it unlawful for healing arts licensees, as specified, to disseminate or cause to be disseminated any form of public communication containing a false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive statement, claim, or image in order to induce the provision of services or products in connection with their licensed professional practice or business. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor and, in the case of a licensed person, provides that a violation constitutes unprofessional conduct and grounds for suspension or revocation of a license by the relevant board. This bill would require a person who creates or causes to be created an advertisement that includes a digital replica or synthetic performer depicted as a health care provider to promote the sale of a health-related consumer product or service to include a clear and conspicuous disclosure that the health care provider depicted in the advertisement was generated or substantially altered by artificial intelligence or that no human health care provider is depicted. The bill would also define terms for its purposes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/11/2026 text)
SB 1252 (Durazo, D) California resident taxpayer health care coverage.
Current Text: 03/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/19/2026 (Spot bill)
Last Amended: 03/25/2026
Status: 04/23/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was HEALTH on 4/8/2026)
Location: 04/23/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is in part governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth different mechanisms for health care coverage for individuals, including the Medi-Cal program, the federal Medicare Program, an employer-sponsored plan, and a plan through the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California. Existing law imposes various taxes on residents, such as sales and use taxes and personal income tax, and authorizes cities and counties to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law. This bill would state that every person who is a resident subject to a tax and whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level using the modified adjusted gross income methodology, as specified, is entitled to access to the public health care coverage their tax dollars support. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to ensure that these individuals have access to public health care coverage through programs it administers, including Medi-Cal. To the extent that these provisions would alter the population of beneficiaries for Medi-Cal, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 03/25/2026 text)
SB 1280 (Valladares, R) Health care coverage for mental health and substance use disorders.
Current Text: 03/24/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 03/24/2026
Status: 04/23/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last location was HEALTH on 4/8/2026)
Location: 04/23/2026 - Senate DEAD
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 also provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorders under the same terms and conditions applied to other medical conditions. Existing law requires a plan or insurer, if services for the medically necessary treatment of a mental health or substance use disorder are not available in network within the geographic and timely access standards set by law or regulation, to arrange coverage to ensure the delivery of medically necessary out-of-network services and any medically necessary followup services that, to the maximum extent possible, meet those geographic and timely access standards. Existing law prohibits an enrollee or insured from paying an out-of-network provider more than the same cost sharing that the individual would pay for the same covered services received from an in-network provider. This bill would require a health care service plan or disability insurer to reimburse a noncontracting individual health professional the greater of the average contracted rate or 125% of the amount Medicare reimburses for similar services, as specified, for out-of-network services that are provided as described above. The bill would prohibit an enrollee or insured from owing the health professional more than the in-network cost-sharing amount, and would prohibit the health professional from billing or collecting an amount from the enrollee or insured that is more than that amount. The bill would require any communication from the health professional to an enrollee or insured, before the receipt of information about the amount the individual owes for services provided, to include a notice informing the individual that it is not a bill and not to pay until they are informed by their plan or insurer of any applicable cost sharing. The bill would require a plan or insurer to inform an enrollee or insured and the noncontracting individual health professional of the in-network cost-sharing amount owed by the individual at the time of payment by the plan or insurer to the health professional. Under the bill, the payments made by the plan or insurer and enrollee or insured pursuant to these provisions would constitute full payment. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (Based on 03/24/2026 text)
SB 1319 (Durazo, D) California Public Records Act: public investment funds.
Current Text: 04/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF
Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 04/15/2026
Status: 05/14/2026 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(8). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/4/2026)
Location: 05/14/2026 - Senate DEAD
Summary: The California Public Records Act (act) requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies. The act exempts from disclosure certain records regarding alternative investments in which public investment funds invest, including records containing information regarding the portfolio positions in which alternative investment funds invest. The act, however, requires certain information contained in those records to be disclosed, including, among other things, the name, address, and vintage year of each alternative investment vehicle. The act defines various terms for these purposes. This bill would additionally require the disclosure of certain additional information, including, among other things, the name of each general partner or manager of each alternative investment vehicle and of each person with a direct or indirect interest in the general partner or manager. The bill would except this information contained in those records subject to disclosure, as provided, from the records containing information regarding the portfolio positions described above that are exempt from disclosure. By placing additional duties and responsibilities upon local agencies in connection with requests for inspection of records, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 04/15/2026 text)
SBX1 1 (Wiener, D) Budget Act of 2024.
Current Text: 02/07/2025 - Chaptered HTML PDF
Introduced: 12/02/2024
Last Amended: 01/10/2025
Status: 02/07/2025 - Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2025.
Location: 02/07/2025 - Senate CHAPTERED
Summary: The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year. This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2024 by making changes to existing appropriations, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions. (Based on 02/07/2025 text) Total Measures: 94 Total Tracking Forms: 94
Total Measures: 94
Total Tracking Forms: 94