CA SB 403
enactedEnd of Life Option Act: sunset.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 403 pass?
Yes. CA SB 403 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 403 about?
Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2031, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, including, among other things, being a resident of the State of California, and who has been determined by their attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Existing law makes specified violations of the act a crime, including knowingly coercing or exerting undue influence on an individual to request or ingest an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. This bill would repeal the January 1, 2031, expiration date of the act, thereby extending the operation of the act indefinitely. By extending the operation of crimes within the act, 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 SB 403?
Blakespear is the primary sponsor of CA SB 403.
Description
Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2031, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, including, among other things, being a resident of the State of California, and who has been determined by their attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Existing law makes specified violations of the act a crime, including knowingly coercing or exerting undue influence on an individual to request or ingest an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. This bill would repeal the January 1, 2031, expiration date of the act, thereby extending the operation of the act indefinitely. By extending the operation of crimes within the act, 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.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-14
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Blakespearauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
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2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-09
Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 868.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 940.) (April 29).
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-06
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
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1199.) (May 23).
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1492.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 3280.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-12
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2986.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-23 · pass · 9-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Valladares: no
- Grove: no
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Valladares: no
- Niello: other
- Ashby: other
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
2025-06-04 · pass · 26-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: no
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Grove: no
- Reyes: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Choi: other
- Ashby: other
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-07-08 · pass · 13-2
Member-level votes (16)
- Rogers: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Patel: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ellis: no
- Sanchez: no
- Flora: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Macedo: no
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 12-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
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2025-09-11 · pass · 59-12
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Hoover: other
- Gipson: other
- Ramos: other
- Calderon: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
- Patterson: other
- DeMaio: other
Unfinished Business SB403 Blakespear Concurrence
2025-09-12 · pass · 25-9
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Ashby: no
- Valladares: no
- Jones: no
- Grove: no
- Reyes: no
- Dahle: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Weber Pierson: other
- Niello: other
- Choi: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Menjivar: other
- Gonzalez: other
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