CA AB 1876

enacted

Health care coverage: nondiscrimination.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1876 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1876 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1876 about?

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 health care service plans and health insurers, as specified, within 6 months after the relevant department issues specified guidance, or no later than March 1, 2025, to require all of their staff who are in direct contact with enrollees or insureds in the delivery of care or enrollee or insured services to complete evidence-based cultural competency training for the purpose of providing trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender diverse, or intersex. This bill would prohibit a subscriber, enrollee, policyholder, or insured from being excluded from enrollment or participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subjected to discrimination by, any health care service plan or health insurer licensed in this state, on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. The bill would define discrimination on the basis of sex for those purposes to include, among other things, sex characteristics, including intersex traits, pregnancy, and gender identity. The bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from taking specified actions relating to providing access to health programs and activities, including, but not limited to, denying or limiting health care services to an individual based upon the individual's sex assigned at birth, gender identity, or gender otherwise recorded. The bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer, in specified circumstances, from taking various actions, including, but not limited to, denying, canceling, limiting, or refusing to issue or renew health care service plan enrollment, health insurance coverage, or other health-related coverage, or denying or limiting coverage of a claim, or imposing additional cost sharing or other limitations or restrictions on coverage, on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, as specified. 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. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1876?

Addis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1876, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-31
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-25
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-13
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 4914.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-04-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-15
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-18
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-02
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-13
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12
Read first time. To print.
reading-1

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-03-17 · pass · 12-4
Member-level votes (16)
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Patterson: no
- Johnson: no
- Chen: no
- Sanchez: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- Sanchez: no
Do pass.
2026-04-29 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Hoover: no
- Dixon: no
- Muratsuchi: other
AB 1876 Addis Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-04 · pass · 56-17
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hart: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Flora: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Ellis: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Patterson: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Lackey: no
- Castillo: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Sanchez: no
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Bennett: other
- Bonta: other
- Caloza: other
- Carrillo: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-03 · pass · 7-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grove: no
- Rubio: other
- Valladares: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Ashby: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Allen: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other

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