CA SB 351
enactedHealth facilities.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 351 pass?
Yes. CA SB 351 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 351 about?
Existing law generally regulates the licensing and operation of health facilities and other facilities providing health care in this state. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, creates the Medical Board of California to license and regulate physicians and surgeons. Under existing law, the Dental Practice Act, the Dental Board of California licenses and regulates dentists. Existing law, the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, generally requires a nonprofit public benefit corporation to give written notice to the Attorney General before it sells, leases, conveys, exchanges, transfers, or disposes of its assets, except as specified. Existing law provides specific procedures for health facilities and additionally requires these facilities to obtain the consent of the Attorney General prior to entering into a specified agreement or transaction. This bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund, as defined, involved in any manner with a physician or dental practice doing business in this state from interfering with the professional judgment of physicians or dentists in making health care decisions and exercising power over specified actions, including, among other things, making decisions regarding coding and billing procedures for patient care services. The bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund from entering into a contract or other agreement or arrangement with a physician or dental practice if the contract or other agreement or arrangement would enable the person or entity to engage in the prohibited actions described above and would make provisions of those contracts or other agreements that violate that prohibition void and unenforceable. The bill would prohibit and render void and unenforceable specified types of contracts between a physician or dental practice and a private equity group or hedge fund that include any clause barring any provider in that practice from competing with that practice in the event of a termination or resignation, or from disparaging, opining, or commenting on that practice in any manner as to any issues involving quality of care, utilization of care, ethical or professional challenges in the practice of medicine or dentistry, or revenue-increasing strategies employed by the private equity group or hedge fund, as specified. This bill would entitle the Attorney General to injunctive relief and attorney's fees and costs incurred in remedying violations of these provisions, as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable.
Who sponsors CA SB 351?
Cabaldon is the primary sponsor of CA SB 351, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law generally regulates the licensing and operation of health facilities and other facilities providing health care in this state. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, creates the Medical Board of California to license and regulate physicians and surgeons. Under existing law, the Dental Practice Act, the Dental Board of California licenses and regulates dentists. Existing law, the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law, generally requires a nonprofit public benefit corporation to give written notice to the Attorney General before it sells, leases, conveys, exchanges, transfers, or disposes of its assets, except as specified. Existing law provides specific procedures for health facilities and additionally requires these facilities to obtain the consent of the Attorney General prior to entering into a specified agreement or transaction. This bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund, as defined, involved in any manner with a physician or dental practice doing business in this state from interfering with the professional judgment of physicians or dentists in making health care decisions and exercising power over specified actions, including, among other things, making decisions regarding coding and billing procedures for patient care services. The bill would prohibit a private equity group or hedge fund from entering into a contract or other agreement or arrangement with a physician or dental practice if the contract or other agreement or arrangement would enable the person or entity to engage in the prohibited actions described above and would make provisions of those contracts or other agreements that violate that prohibition void and unenforceable. The bill would prohibit and render void and unenforceable specified types of contracts between a physician or dental practice and a private equity group or hedge fund that include any clause barring any provider in that practice from competing with that practice in the event of a termination or resignation, or from disparaging, opining, or commenting on that practice in any manner as to any issues involving quality of care, utilization of care, ethical or professional challenges in the practice of medicine or dentistry, or revenue-increasing strategies employed by the private equity group or hedge fund, as specified. This bill would entitle the Attorney General to injunctive relief and attorney's fees and costs incurred in remedying violations of these provisions, as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-12
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Cabaldonauthor
- Blakespearcoauthor
- Patelcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-12
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-13
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2025-02-26
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-21
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 808.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 939.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1197.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 1301.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD.
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2025-06-16
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
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2025-07-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-25
Read third time and amended.
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2025-08-25
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2792.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-29
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-02
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-09-08
Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-08
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-08
Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 2974.)
2025-09-08
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-08
(Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 2973.)
2025-09-08
Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3407.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 3023.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
- 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-16Compare
- 08/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-25Compare
- 09/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-08Compare
- 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
- 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
- SB351Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-21 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: no
- Choi: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Valladares: no
- Niello: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-28 · pass · 30-6
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Jones: no
- Reyes: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Choi: other
- Limón: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-06-24 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Alanis: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Chen: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Bains: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-01 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Papan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
Do pass.
2025-07-16 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Arambula: other
SB 351 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Patel
2025-08-29 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Haney: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Chen: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ward: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: other
- McKinnor: other
- Valencia: other
- Lee: other
- Ellis: other
- Berman: other
- Flora: other
SB 351 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Patel
2025-09-13 · pass · 80-0
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
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: 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
- Bains: 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
Unfinished Business SB351 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 32-3
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
- Niello: other
- Choi: other
- Jones: other
- Valladares: other
- Gonzalez: other
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