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CA AB 432

vetoed

Menopause.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 432 pass?

No. CA AB 432 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 432 about?

(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. Existing law requires the board, in determining its continuing education requirements, to consider including a course in menopausal mental or physical health. This bill would delete that requirement of the board. The bill would require, beginning July 1, 2026, and until July 1, 2032, a qualifying physician and surgeon, as defined, who completes continuing medical education courses in perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopausal care to receive 2 hours of credit for each hour completed of that coursework, as specified. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. This bill would require osteopathic physicians and surgeons to receive the same credit as described above for completed coursework relating to perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopausal care. (2) Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth specified coverage requirements for health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that covers outpatient prescription drugs, except as specified, that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, to include coverage for evaluation and treatment options for symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to annually provide clinical care recommendations, as specified, for hormone therapy to all contracted primary care providers who treat individuals with perimenopause and menopause. 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. (3) 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 432?

Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 432, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. Existing law requires the board, in determining its continuing education requirements, to consider including a course in menopausal mental or physical health. This bill would delete that requirement of the board. The bill would require, beginning July 1, 2026, and until July 1, 2032, a qualifying physician and surgeon, as defined, who completes continuing medical education courses in perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopausal care to receive 2 hours of credit for each hour completed of that coursework, as specified. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. This bill would require osteopathic physicians and surgeons to receive the same credit as described above for completed coursework relating to perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopausal care. (2) Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth specified coverage requirements for health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that covers outpatient prescription drugs, except as specified, that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, to include coverage for evaluation and treatment options for symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to annually provide clinical care recommendations, as specified, for hormone therapy to all contracted primary care providers who treat individuals with perimenopause and menopause. 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. (3) 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.

Introduced
2025-04-22
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bauer-Kahanauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Boernercoauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor
  • Weber Piersoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  2. 2025-10-13

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by Governor.

    executive-veto

  4. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3224.).

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  6. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2748.).

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  8. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  12. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  13. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  14. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16).

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  16. 2025-07-09

    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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  17. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  18. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

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  19. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  20. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 2020.)

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  21. 2025-05-28

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-05-27

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  23. 2025-05-27

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  24. 2025-05-27

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  25. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  26. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  27. 2025-04-30

    Coauthors revised.

  28. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  29. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  30. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  31. 2025-03-27

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  32. 2025-03-10

    Re-referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  33. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.

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  34. 2025-02-06

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.

  35. 2025-02-05

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/05/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-05Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 05/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-27Compare
  • 07/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-09Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • AB432Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bains: other
    • Chen: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Hadwick: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Flora: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 432 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 70-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Chen: other
    • Bains: other
    • Macedo: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-07-07 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: other
    • Choi: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio

    2025-09-09 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: other

  • AB 432 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 77-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: other
    • Bains: other

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