CA AB 432

vetoed

Menopause.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Menopause

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-05
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-06
From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Re-referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-03-27
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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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2025-04-23
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-24
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
Coauthors revised.
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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2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-27
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-27
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 2020.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.
referral-committee
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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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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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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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2748.).
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2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3224.).
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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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
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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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