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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telehealth for All Act of 2025."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 688"
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citation: "California AB 688 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TelehealthforAllActof2025"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark González"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a7fa29e-8622-4ac6-a7c5-8c3e95283605"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688"
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source_hash: "bb8902e476ab77de0e4144e393cd2bbf21b774b46ec34fac82ee5ad36f3e53ff"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 688 (20252026) — Telehealth for All Act of 2025.
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688&version=20250AB68899INT)
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2. **07/07/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688&version=20250AB68898AMD)
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3. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688&version=20250AB68896CHP)
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4. **AB688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688)
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5. **09/02/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB688&version=20250AB68897ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 688 Mark González Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 688 Mark González Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB688 Mark González et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark González — primary (person)
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- Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1845.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2761.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a7fa29e-8622-4ac6-a7c5-8c3e95283605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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