CA SB 944

vetoed

Medi-Cal: acupuncture.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 944 pass?

No. CA SB 944 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

What is CA SB 944 about?

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is in part governed by, and funded pursuant to, federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of benefits covered under the Medi-Cal program, including acupuncture, but only to the extent that federal matching funds are provided for acupuncture. Under this bill, acupuncture would instead be a covered Medi-Cal benefit subject to utilization controls and the availability of federal financial participation. The bill would, if federal financial participation is not available for coverage of acupuncture services, make acupuncture a covered benefit subject to an appropriation and utilization controls. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 14132 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 1949 and AB 350 to be operative only if this bill and either or both AB 1949 and AB 350 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA SB 944?

Wiener is the primary sponsor of CA SB 944, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-02
Latest action: 2026-09-30 — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-09-30
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-09-30
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive-veto
2026-09-04
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-27
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-25
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6494.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-20
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-20
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-06-24
June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-10
Coauthors revised.
2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4343.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4258.) (May 14).
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2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-13
April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-27
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-03-26
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3689.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-11
Set for hearing March 25.
2026-02-11
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-02-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
2026-02-02
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions

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08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
08/20/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-20Compare
08/31/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-31Compare
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: other
- Valladares: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SB944 Wiener et al.
2026-05-19 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Blakespear: other
- Grove: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-09 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Stefani: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Addis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patel: yes
- Schiavo: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB944

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