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Bill Pharmacy benefits. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a pharmacy benefit manager engaging in business with a health care service plan or health insurer to secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the department has established the licensure process, whichever is later. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 41 California SB 41 (20252026)
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California SB 41 (20252026) — Pharmacy benefits.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a pharmacy benefit manager engaging in business with a health care service plan or health insurer to secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care on or after January 1, 2027, or the date on which the department has established the licensure process, whichever is later.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/03/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/09/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  10. SB41 (committee substitute) — source
  11. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB41 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 400 (pass) · upper
  • SB 41 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 692 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB41 Wiener et al. — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 60 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 130 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Wiener — primary (person)
  • Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
  • Hadwick — principal coauthor (person)
  • Pellerin — coauthor (person)
  • Schiavo — principal coauthor (person)
  • Wahab — author (person)
  • Weber Pierson — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-03 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2024-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
  • 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-01-29 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-02 Set for hearing April 23.
  • 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
  • 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 867.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-02 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 6. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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 11. Noes 0.) (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
  • 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 3081.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2819.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fb219b6-66c0-475e-b941-faccb62854be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).