CSR
Legislative Report 8/7/2026
Support
AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry , D) Health care coverage:
provider directories.
Current Text: 07/15/2025 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/21/2025
Last Amended: 07/15/2025
Status: 09/11/2025 - Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/8/2025) (May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 09/11/2025 - Senate
2 YEAR
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 a
plan or insurer to annually verify and delete inaccurate listings from its
provider directories, and would require a provider
directory to be 60% accurate on July 1, 2026, with increasing required
percentage accuracy benchmarks to be met
each year until the directories are 95% accurate on or before July 1, 2029. The
bill would subject a plan or insurer to administrative penalties for failure to
meet the prescribed benchmarks. The bill would require a plan or insurer to provide coverage
for all covered health care services provided
to an enrollee or insured
who reasonably relied on inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information contained in a health plan or policy’s
provider directory or directories and to reimburse the provider the out-of-network amount
for those services. The bill would
prohibit a provider from collecting an additional amount from an enrollee or insured other than the applicable in-network cost sharing, which would
count toward the in-network deductible and out-of-pocket maximum.
The bill would
require a plan or insurer to provide information about in-network providers to enrollees and insureds upon request, including whether the provider is
accepting new patients at the time, and would limit the cost-sharing amounts an
enrollee or insured is required to
pay for services from those providers under specified circumstances. The bill
would require the health care service plan or the insurer, as applicable, to
ensure the accuracy of a request to add back a provider who was previously
removed from a directory and approve the request within 10 business days of
receipt, if accurate. The bill would authorize a health care service plan or
insurer to include a specified statement in the provider listing before
removing the provider from the directory if the provider does not respond
within 5 calendar days of the plan or insurer’s annual notification. Because
a violation of the bill’s
requirements 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 07/15/2025 text)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR
Support letter sent to Sen. Health
Support letter sent to Sen. 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: 08/29/2025 - Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/18/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 08/28/2025 - Senate 2 YEAR
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR
Support letter sent to Sen. Transp
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR
AB 1199 (Patterson, R) Medical
staff: health care provider credentialing.
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 06/11/2026
Status: 08/04/2026 - Read
second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #287 S-CONSENT
CALENDAR SECOND LEGISLATIVE DAY
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate CONSENT CALENDAR
Summary: Existing law, the Medical
Practice Act, establishes the Medical
Board of California within the Department of Consumer
Affairs and charges
it with administrative and enforcement duties
related to the provision
of medical services under the act. The act makes unprofessional conduct subject
to discipline by the board the regular practice of medicine in a specified
hospital having 5 or more physicians and surgeons on the medical staff without
rules established by the board of directors to govern the operation of the
hospital. The act requires the rules to include a provision for the
organization of physicians and surgeons into a formal medical staff with staff
appointments on an annual or biennial basis. This bill would revise that
provision to instead require staff reappointments at least every 3 years.
(Based on 06/11/2026 text)
AB 1609 (Zbur, D) Customer
service chatbots.
Current Text: 06/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/20/2026
(Spot bill)
Last Amended: 06/25/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 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. The bill would authorize a public
prosecutor to enforce these provisions, and would make
a large private business that violates these provisions liable for a penalty of
up to $5,000 for an initial violation, and $10,000 for each subsequent
violation. The bill would waive its requirements due to unforeseen
circumstances beyond the reasonable control of a large private business, and would exempt a large private business that
provides services subject to, and is in compliance with,
a specified public utilities law. The bill would further exempt exclusive
business lines and communications by a hospital, as specified, and a consumer
reporting agency, as prescribed. The bill would define terms for these
purposes. (Based on 06/25/2026 text)
Current Text: 06/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/26/2026
Last Amended: 06/25/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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, upon written and dated consent of the
enrollee or insured, to pay a noncontracting dental provider directly for
covered services rendered to the enrollee or insured in accordance with the
benefit provided in the contract or policy. The bill would prohibit a
noncontracting dental provider accepting assignment of benefits from charging
an enrollee or insured, prior to the plan 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. The bill would require a noncontracting dental
provider to make specified disclosures to an enrollee or insured before
accepting an assignment of benefits. 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 would require a plan or insurer
to certify, under penalty of perjury, that specified information submitted to
its regulator regarding network adequacy is true and correct, thus creating a
crime and imposing a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 06/25/2026 text)
Current Text: 06/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended: 06/22/2026
Status: 06/29/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 06/29/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 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
nationally recognized clinical guidelines. 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 06/22/2026 text)
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)
Memo:
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)
Memo:
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author
Support letter sent to Sen. Human Services
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: 07/15/2025 - July 14 hearing: Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file. Set, first hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
Location: 07/15/2025 - Assembly REV. & TAX SUSPENSE FILE
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)
Memo:
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: 07/01/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/10/2025
Last Amended: 07/01/2026
Status: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 07/01/2026 text)
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)
Memo:
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: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author -- 3/19/2026
Support letter sent to Sen. R&T -- 3/19/2026
Support letter sent to Sen. M&VA -- 4/17/2026
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR -- 04/22/26
Support letter sent to Asm. R&T -- 6/9/2026
Support letter sent to Asm. M&VA -- 6/9/2026
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR -- 07/27/26
SB 1244 (Allen, D) Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation
Disclosure Act.
Current Text: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/19/2026
Last Amended:
06/11/2026
Status: 08/06/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #126 A-THIRD
READING FILE - SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/06/2026 - Assembly
THIRD READING
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
06/11/2026 text)
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: 06/30/2026 - June 29 hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
Location: 06/15/2026 - Assembly REV. & TAX SUSPENSE FILE
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author -- 05/08/26
Support letter sent to Asm. R&T -- 06/04/26
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: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author -- 04/17/26
Support letter sent to Sen. M&VA -- 04/17/26
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR -- 04/22/26
Support letter sent to Asm. R&T -- 6/9/2026
Support letter sent to Asm. M&VA -- 6/9/2026
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR -- 07/27/26
Current Text: 04/23/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 03/17/2026
Last Amended: 04/23/2026
Status: 08/06/2026 - Read
second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #166 A-CONSENT CALENDAR
1ST DAY SENATE BILLS
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly CONSENT CALENDAR
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
04/23/2026 text)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Sen. LPER -- 04/17/26
Support letter sent to Sen. APPR -- 04/28/26
Support letter sent to Asm. Ins -- 06/09/26
Support letter sent to Asm. PE&R -- 06/09/26
Support letter sent to Asm. APPR -- 07/27/26
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. Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.)
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)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author -- 05/22/26
Support letter sent to Sen. HumS -- 05/22/26
Current Text: 08/06/2026 - Chaptered 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
04/30/2026 text)
Memo:
Support letter
sent to Author -- 06/09/26
Watch
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: 09/13/2025 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of
Senator Grayson.
Location: 09/13/2025 - Senate INACTIVE FILE
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)
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)
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)
Current Text: 09/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/08/2025
(Spot bill)
Last Amended: 09/08/2025
Status: 09/13/2025 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of
Senator Grayson.
Location: 09/13/2025 - Senate INACTIVE FILE
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)
Current Text: 09/08/2025 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/08/2025
(Spot bill)
Last Amended:
09/08/2025
Status: 09/13/2025 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of
Senator Grayson.
Location: 09/13/2025 - Senate INACTIVE FILE
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 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 539 (Schiavo, D) Health
care coverage: prior authorizations.
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/11/2025
Last Amended:
07/02/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 the period required
by the treating provider for the course of the prescribed
treatment, not to exceed a period of at least one year from the date of
approval, 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 07/02/2026
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: 08/29/2025 - Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 7/7/2025)(May
be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate 2 YEAR
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: 06/22/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/19/2025
Last Amended:
06/22/2026
Status: 07/02/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #164 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE (Floor Mgr.-
Grayson)
Location: 07/02/2026 - Senate THIRD READING
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 06/22/2026 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 1054 (Gipson, D) Public
employees’ retirement: deferred
retirement option program.
Current Text: 06/25/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/20/2025
Last Amended: 06/25/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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. 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). 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 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, 2027, and on that date every 5 consecutive fiscal 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. The bill would specify that the Legislature
reserves the right to suspend
the program through
legislative action ratified
by the Governor under certain
circumstances. If the Legislature and the Governor approve
the program’s suspension, the bill would terminate all participants’ benefit
accrual and would prohibit any participant, eligible spouse, or beneficiary
from having any vested right to any prospective program benefit, as specified.
This bill contains other existing laws. (Based on 06/25/2026 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: 08/29/2025 - Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE
FILE on 8/18/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 08/29/2025 - Senate 2 YEAR
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 1383 (McKinnor, D) Public
employees’ retirement benefits.
Current Text: 07/01/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 07/01/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 07/01/2026
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: 06/11/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/21/2025
Last Amended: 06/11/2026
Status: 06/22/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 06/22/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 06/11/2026 text)
Current Text: 01/09/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Introduced: 01/09/2026
Status: 04/06/2026 - Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
Location: 04/06/2026 - Assembly Budget
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.
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/09/2026
Last Amended: 07/02/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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. (Based on 07/02/2026 text)
AB 1887 (Zbur, D) Prescription drug coverage for rare diseases.
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended:
07/02/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 for the treatment of a rare disease if the drug
is prescribed by a specialist with expertise in the condition or disease being
treated and the specialist has determined the drug is medically necessary.
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
07/02/2026 text)
AB 1929 (Ortega, D) Health
care coverage: investments: disclosure.
Current Text: 06/15/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended:
06/15/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 carrier 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 carrier fails to comply with the disclosure requirements, the bill would require the Exchange to assess an administrative
penalty against the carrier, as specified. The bill would require the Exchange
to prominently post the carrier’s noncompliance status on its internet website
until compliance is achieved. (Based on 06/15/2026 text)
AB 1979 (Bonta, D) Health
care services: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 07/02/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 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. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. (Based on 07/02/2026 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: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 2575 (Ortega, D) Health
care services: artificial intelligence.
Current Text: 06/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/20/2026
Last Amended: 06/18/2026
Status: 08/03/2026 - In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 08/03/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: Existing law provides for the
licensure and regulation of health facilities and clinics by the State
Department of Public Health. Existing law generally makes a violation of these
provisions a crime. Existing law, the
Medical Practice Act, establishes the
Medical Board of California for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of
physicians and surgeons. 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 a disclaimer that indicates to the patient that a
communication was generated by generative artificial intelligence, as
specified, and clear instructions describing how a patient may contact a human
health care provider, employee, or other appropriate person. This bill would
require a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, or office of a group
practice that uses or deploys a clinical decision support system, as defined,
for patient care, on or before July 1, 2027, to make available, upon request
from a licensed health care professional or other person using a clinical
decision support system or viewing outputs from a clinical decision support
system, an inventory of all clinical decision support systems currently in use
or deployed for patient care. The bill would require a health facility, clinic,
physician’s office, or office of a group
practice that uses a clinical
decision support system
for patient care to make specified information about the
clinical decision support system upon request from a licensed health care
professional or other person using a clinical decision support system or
viewing outputs form a clinic decision support system, including, among other
things, a summary of how the clinical decision support system generates
outputs. The bill would also require a health facility, clinic, physician’s office,
or office of a group
practice subject to these provisions to notify a licensed
health care professional or other person whose duties include using a clinical
decision support system or viewing outputs from a clinical decision support
system upon being hired and annually of their right to request the
above-described information. By placing new requirements on health facilities
and clinics, this bill would expand the scope of a crime and would impose a
state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. (Based on 06/18/2026 text)
AB 2613 (Sharp-Collins, D) Health care service plans: provider contract termination: notice.
Current Text: 06/29/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/20/2026
(Spot bill)
Last Amended:
06/29/2026
Status: 08/04/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #229 S-ASSEMBLY BILLS - THIRD READING FILE
Location: 08/04/2026 - Senate THIRD READING
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, asspecified 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
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 within 60 days of reaching the 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 06/29/2026 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: 02/18/2026 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Location: 02/18/2026 - Senate Health
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 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)
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)
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)
Current Text: 05/04/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/23/2025
(Spot bill)
Last Amended:
05/04/2026
Status:
05/04/2026 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended.
Re-referred to Com. on
BUDGET.
Location: 03/24/2025 - Assembly Budget
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: 08/29/2025 - August
29 hearing postponed by committee. (Set for hearing on 08/13/2026)
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/07/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 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: 09/04/2025 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/19/2025
(Spot bill)
Last Amended:
09/04/2025
Status: 09/11/2025 - Failed Deadline
pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on
9/10/2025)(May be acted upon Jan 2026)
Location: 09/11/2025 - Assembly
2 YEAR
Summary: Existing law provides for the
licensure and regulation of health facilities and clinics by the State
Department of Public Health. 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 of
artificial intelligence systems to make reasonable efforts to identify
artificial intelligence systems used to support clinical decisionmaking or health care resource allocation that are known
or have a reasonably foreseeable risk for biased impacts in the system’s outputs
resulting from use of the system in health programs or activities. The bill
would require developers and deployers to make reasonable efforts to mitigate
the risk for biased impacts in the system’s outputs
resulting from use of the system in health programs
or activities. The bill would require deployers to regularly monitor these
artificial intelligence systems and take reasonable and proportionate steps to
mitigate any bias that may occur. The
bill would specify that a person, partnership, state or local governmental
agency, or corporation may be both a developer and a deployer. The bill would specify that the department
is not required to independently inspect, test, or evaluate the functionality
of an artificial intelligence system. The bill would require, beginning January
1, 2027, developers to provide a report identifying compliance efforts with the
above-described provisions to the department before making an artificial
intelligence system commercially or publicly available to a deployer, as
specified. The bill would require deployers, beginning January 1, 2027, to
annually provide the department with a report identifying their efforts to
comply with identification, mitigation, and monitoring requirements established
pursuant to these provisions. The bill would require the department to make
these reports available on its internet website. This bill contains other
existing laws. (Based on 09/04/2025 text)
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)
Current Text: 01/09/2026 - Introduced HTML PDF Introduced: 01/09/2026
Status: 01/12/2026 - Read first time.
Location: 01/09/2026 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
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: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 01/15/2026
Last Amended: 05/14/2026
Status: 06/24/2026 - June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on
suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 06/24/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
Summary: 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 and
loans awarded by the council, and all other duties as deemed necessary for the
operation of the foundation. This
bill would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research
Fund and require the moneys in the fund to be used by the foundation to award
grants and make loans to public or private research companies, universities,
institutes, and organizations for scientific research and development, in
specific areas of research, including, but not limited to, biomedical,
behavioral health, and climate research. The bill would also create the
California Foundation for Science and Health Research Benefit Fund, to consist
solely of private donations. The bill would make the moneys
in the benefit fund available for the same purposes as the California
Foundation for Science and Health Research Fund. This bill would create the
California Foundation for Science and Health Research Council, as specified.
This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on
05/14/2026 text)
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/02/2026
Last Amended:
07/02/2026
Status: 08/06/2026 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #109 A-THIRD
READING FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.-
Stefani)
Location: 08/06/2026 - Assembly
THIRD READING
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 related dementia. 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 07/02/2026 text)
Current Text: 05/14/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/03/2026
Last Amended:
05/14/2026
Status: 06/24/2026 - June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on
suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 06/24/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 provider to request, and would
require that they be granted, 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 if specified conditions are met. 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 05/14/2026 text)
SB 971 (Choi, R) Healthy Aging Community Partnership Program.
Current Text: 08/05/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/04/2026
Last Amended:
08/05/2026
Status: 08/05/2026 - Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #73 A-THIRD READING
FILE - SENATE BILLS (Floor Mgr.- Garcia)
Location: 08/03/2026 - Assembly
THIRD READING
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 08/05/2026 text)
Current Text: 07/02/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/11/2026
Last Amended: 07/02/2026
Status: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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, as defined.
This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. (Based on 07/02/2026 text)
Current Text: 04/06/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/12/2026
Last Amended:
04/06/2026
Status: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 provider 90 days to submit a
corrected claim after a health care service plan or health insurer denies a claim or sends a notice of overpayment for a claim based 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 provider did not submit the claim
within another applicable claim filing deadline. 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 04/06/2026 text)
SB 1088 (Blakespear, D) Health
care decisions: life-sustaining treatment.
Current Text: 06/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 06/18/2026
Status: 06/30/2026 - In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Calendar: 08/10/26 #37
S-UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Location: 06/30/2026 - Senate CONCURRENCE
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 06/18/2026 text)
SB 1089 (Richardson, D) Preventive Treatment Health Care Act.
Current Text: 06/18/2026 - Amended HTML PDF Introduced: 02/13/2026
Last Amended: 06/18/2026
Status: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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 specify that the
above-described authorized partnerships include those for at least one
glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)
approved by the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
(Based on 06/18/2026 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: 06/29/2026 - June 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 S-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 CERVANTES, SABRINA, Chair
Location: 06/29/2026 - Senate APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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: 08/05/2026 - August
5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Calendar: 08/13/26 A-APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE
Upon adjournment of Session - 1021 O Street, Room 1100 WICKS, BUFFY, Chair
Location: 08/05/2026 - Assembly APPR. SUSPENSE FILE
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)
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: 69
Total Tracking Forms: 69