Existing law finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health, and that these services are not currently distributed so as to meet the minimum maternal and infant health needs of many Californians. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop and maintain a statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal services program, as specified, to deliver services in medically underserved areas or areas with demonstrated need.
California SB 669 (20252026) — Rural hospitals: standby perinatal services.
Existing law finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health, and that these services are not currently distributed so as to meet the minimum maternal and infant health needs of many Californians. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop and maintain a statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal services program, as specified, to deliver services in medically underserved areas or areas with demonstrated need.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent SB669 McGuire et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB669 McGuire et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
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
SB 669 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Caballero — coauthor (person)
Cervantes — coauthor (person)
Dahle — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Hurtado — coauthor (person)
Reyes — coauthor (person)
Richardson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
2025-04-02 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
2025-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 738.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-28 April 28 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 1208.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-06-09 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
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-16 July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (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. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3078.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2899.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 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 603, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11b7805c-e4f4-4139-ab46-1cabcbd19be0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).