CA AB 2575
vetoedHealth care services: artificial intelligence.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2575 pass?
No. CA AB 2575 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Vetoed by Governor.
What is CA AB 2575 about?
Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of various labor laws, including investigation of employee complaints. This bill would declare it is the policy of the state that a worker providing direct patient care be free to use their professional judgment to make assessments and decisions within their scope of practice as appropriate for their patients. The bill would prohibit an employer from retaliating or discriminating against a worker providing patient care, as specified. The bill would authorize a worker who is subject to retaliation or discrimination in violation of these provisions to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner against an employer. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to enforce these provisions, as specified. Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person. Existing law prohibits a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff. This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, selected, or deployed a clinical decision support system that is alleged to have harmed the plaintiff from asserting a defense that the failure of a licensed health care professional or other health care worker to override an output of the clinical decision support system is a superseding cause severing the defendant's liability for the alleged harm.
Who sponsors CA AB 2575?
Ortega is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2575.
Description
Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of various labor laws, including investigation of employee complaints. This bill would declare it is the policy of the state that a worker providing direct patient care be free to use their professional judgment to make assessments and decisions within their scope of practice as appropriate for their patients. The bill would prohibit an employer from retaliating or discriminating against a worker providing patient care, as specified. The bill would authorize a worker who is subject to retaliation or discrimination in violation of these provisions to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner against an employer. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to enforce these provisions, as specified. Existing law provides that everyone is responsible not only for the result of their willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by their want of ordinary care or skill in the management of their property or person. Existing law prohibits a defendant who developed, modified, or used artificial intelligence, as defined, from asserting a defense that the artificial intelligence autonomously caused the harm to the plaintiff. This bill would prohibit a defendant who developed, modified, selected, or deployed a clinical decision support system that is alleged to have harmed the plaintiff from asserting a defense that the failure of a licensed health care professional or other health care worker to override an output of the clinical decision support system is a superseding cause severing the defendant's liability for the alleged harm.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-18
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Vetoed by Governor.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Ortegaauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Vetoed by Governor.
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2026-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10.).
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2026-08-31
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-31
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 16.).
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2026-08-31
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 7061.)
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 7061.).
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2026-08-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-28
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.)
2026-08-28
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 18. Noes 10.).
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2026-08-28
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-21
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-08-20
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-06-29
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
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2026-06-18
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2026-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2026-06-11
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, L., P.E. & R. and P., D.T., & C.P.
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2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 15.)
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 15. Page 5497.)
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 21).
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2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-04-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
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2026-03-26
(Pending re-refer to Com. on L. & E.)
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2026-03-26
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4433.)
2026-03-19
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-03-18
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, L. & E. and P. & C.P.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 03/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-18Compare
- 04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
- 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
- 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
- 06/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-18Compare
- 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
- 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-28Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment]
2026-04-07 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (16)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Johnson: no
- Carrillo: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2026-04-08 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lee: yes
- Lackey: no
- Chen: no
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Bryan: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hoover: no
- Macedo: no
- Irwin: no
- DeMaio: no
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Pacheco: other
AB 2575 Ortega Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 48-15
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Solache: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Johnson: no
- Hoover: no
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Wallis: no
- Flora: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Hadwick: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ávila Farías: no
- Ellis: no
- Lackey: no
- Ta: no
- Gipson: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Nguyen: other
- Gallagher: other
- Carrillo: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Alvarez: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Chen: other
- Soria: other
- Valencia: other
- Castillo: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Alanis: other
- Patterson: other
- Irwin: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]
2026-06-17 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: no
- Grove: no
- Rubio: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
2026-06-24 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-29 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (9)
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Cabaldon: other
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