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Bill Legally protected health care activity. (1) The United States Constitution generally requires a state to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. Existing law generally authorizes a California court or attorney to issue a subpoena if a foreign subpoena has been sought in this state but prohibits the issuance of a subpoena based on another state's law that interferes with a person's right to allow a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care. Existing law generally prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or a contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, enrollee, or subscriber without first obtaining an authorization unless an exception applies, including that the disclosure is in response to a subpoena. Existing law prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or a contractor from releasing medical information related to a person or entity allowing a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in response to a civil action, including a foreign subpoena, based on another state's law that authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a person or entity that allows a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 497 California SB 497 (20252026)
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California SB 497 (20252026) — Legally protected health care activity.

(1) The United States Constitution generally requires a state to give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. Existing law generally authorizes a California court or attorney to issue a subpoena if a foreign subpoena has been sought in this state but prohibits the issuance of a subpoena based on another state's law that interferes with a person's right to allow a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care. Existing law generally prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or a contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient, enrollee, or subscriber without first obtaining an authorization unless an exception applies, including that the disclosure is in response to a subpoena. Existing law prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or a contractor from releasing medical information related to a person or entity allowing a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in response to a civil action, including a foreign subpoena, based on another state's law that authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a person or entity that allows a child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/28/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/21/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. SB497 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/13/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
  • SB 497 Wiener Third Reading Urgency By Ward — 61–17 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause — 28–10 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–2 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 30–10 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Wiener — primary (person)
  • Arreguín — coauthor (person)
  • Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
  • Cervantes — coauthor (person)
  • Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Haney — coauthor (person)
  • Laird — coauthor (person)
  • Lee — coauthor (person)
  • Padilla — coauthor (person)
  • Stefani — coauthor (person)
  • Ward — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
  • 2025-02-26 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-20 Set for hearing April 8.
  • 2025-03-28 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
  • 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
  • 2025-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 945.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1399.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (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. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
  • 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 3075.) 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 30. Noes 10. Page 2804.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  • 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c95056-b98c-41e8-83f5-1b9c20c1dcb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).

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