Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Vetoed
8. Signed into Law

Summary

The bill would make California health‑care service plans, private insurers and the Medi‑Cal program cover up to a year’s worth of FDA‑approved prescription hormone therapy and the supplies needed for self‑administration. It also adds nondiscrimination rules that prohibit denying or limiting care based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, intersex traits or related characteristics. The measure was vetoed by the governor and the veto was sustained.

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Vote

Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3174.) Ordered to the Senate. · Sep 10, 2025

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 29, 2025
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 20, 2025
• Business and Professions Committee Hearing
  Business and Professions · Jul 8, 2025
• Health Committee Hearing
  Health · Jul 1, 2025
• Judiciary Committee Hearing
  Judiciary · Apr 22, 2025

History

1. Mar 2, 2026Veto sustained.
2. Mar 2, 2026Stricken from file.
3. Oct 13, 2025Vetoed by the Governor.
4. Oct 13, 2025In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
5. Sep 22, 2025Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
6. Sep 11, 2025Urgency clause adopted.
7. Sep 11, 2025Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
8. Sep 10, 2025Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3174.) Ordered to the Senate.
9. Sep 10, 2025In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
10. Sep 5, 2025Read third time and amended.
11. Sep 5, 2025Ordered to third reading.
12. Sep 5, 2025Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.

The 12 most recent of 35 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Menjivar · sponsor
• Bonta
• Cervantes

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