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Bill Health and care facilities: information sharing. (1) The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, or a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. The CMIA prohibits a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining authorization from the patient, except if the disclosure is compelled by, among other things, a search warrant lawfully issued to a governmental law enforcement agency or a court order. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient punishable as a misdemeanor. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 81 California SB 81 (20252026)
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California SB 81 (20252026) — Health and care facilities: information sharing.

(1) The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, a contractor, or a corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates from intentionally sharing, selling, using for marketing, or otherwise using any medical information, as defined, for any purpose not necessary to provide health care services to a patient, except as provided. The CMIA prohibits a provider of health care, health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining authorization from the patient, except if the disclosure is compelled by, among other things, a search warrant lawfully issued to a governmental law enforcement agency or a court order. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions that results in economic loss or personal injury to a patient punishable as a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/17/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/06/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/13/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/27/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/15/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 08/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/20/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  11. SB81 (committee substitute) — source
  12. 09/04/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 113 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 111 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 51 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading SB81 Arreguín et al. Urgency Clause — 287 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 91 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB81 Arreguín et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 307 (pass) · upper
  • SB 81 Arreguín Third Reading Urgency By Ortega — 5811 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 113 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Arreguín — primary (person)
  • Archuleta — coauthor (person)
  • Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
  • Bonta — coauthor (person)
  • Caballero — coauthor (person)
  • Caloza — coauthor (person)
  • Carrillo — coauthor (person)
  • Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
  • Durazo — coauthor (person)
  • Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Limón — coauthor (person)
  • Menjivar — principal coauthor (person)
  • Ortega — coauthor (person)
  • Pellerin — coauthor (person)
  • Pérez — principal coauthor (person)
  • Rubio — coauthor (person)
  • Solache — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-01-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
  • 2025-01-29 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
  • 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 23.
  • 2025-04-17 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 1. Page 867.) (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 11. Noes 0. Page 938.) (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.
  • 2025-05-06 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
  • 2025-05-12 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 1191.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1365.) 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 HEALTH and P. & C.P. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-13 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
  • 2025-06-25 Coauthors revised.
  • 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-17 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
  • 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-08-21 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 2809.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-02 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2403.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2025-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 123, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f38ecad-f47c-416e-871b-4826fe97db57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).