---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpharmacological pain management treatment."
description: "Existing law sets forth the Pain Patient's Bill of Rights, which grants a patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain the option to request or reject the use of any or all modalities to relieve their pain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2585"
citation: "California AB 2585 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonpharmacological pain management treatment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc78a8ef-11fc-400c-a868-118fd9213432"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585"
source_hash: "00fcfb7605124b528282d498127417b568729a8d56655b26cecf2ec61de9d215"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2585 (20212022) — Nonpharmacological pain management treatment.

Existing law sets forth the Pain Patient's Bill of Rights, which grants a patient who suffers from severe chronic intractable pain the option to request or reject the use of any or all modalities to relieve their pain.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585&version=20210AB258599INT)
2. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585&version=20210AB258598AMD)
3. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585&version=20210AB258596CHP)
4. **AB2585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585)
5. **08/16/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2585&version=20210AB258597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2585 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2585 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2585 McCarty Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5035.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2022-06-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4686.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5876.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 160, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc78a8ef-11fc-400c-a868-118fd9213432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).