--- type: "Bill" title: "End of Life Option Act: sunset." 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." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 403" citation: "California SB 403 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["EndofLifeOptionAct", "sunset"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 10 first_action: "2025-02-14" last_action: "2025-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf56a46-5dab-4dfb-ae48-e6becd2b72d2" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403" source_hash: "e67d098632cb0e0fe18beef22713f878d9870f5a1d5b6d0dafc491952de7412a" 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 SB 403 (20252026) — End of Life Option Act: sunset. 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. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40399INT) 2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40398AMD) 3. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40397AMD) 4. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40396AMD) 5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40394CHP) 6. **SB403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403) 7. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB403&version=20250SB40395ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **12–3** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB403 Blakespear Concurrence — **25–9** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–2** (pass) · lower - SB 403 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Zbur — **59–12** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **26–6** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Blakespear — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee` - **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 940.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1199.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1492.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee` - **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **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). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 3280.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2986.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bf56a46-5dab-4dfb-ae48-e6becd2b72d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).