Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2026, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined by their attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Existing law establishes the procedures for making these requests, including that 2 oral requests be made a minimum of 15 days apart, specified forms to request an aid-in-dying drug be submitted, under specified circumstances, and a final attestation be completed. Existing law requires specified information to be documented in the individual's medical record, including, among other things, all oral and written requests for an aid-in-dying drug.
Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2026, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined by their attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Existing law establishes the procedures for making these requests, including that 2 oral requests be made a minimum of 15 days apart, specified forms to request an aid-in-dying drug be submitted, under specified circumstances, and a final attestation be completed. Existing law requires specified information to be documented in the individual's medical record, including, among other things, all oral and written requests for an aid-in-dying drug.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 605.) (March 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-13 Set for hearing April 20.
2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 859.) (April 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-06 May 10 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
2021-05-17 May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-18 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-14 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
2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 Coauthors revised.
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 (Corrected August 31).
2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 3132.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 2633.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 542, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb5d90c2-7740-4576-a80d-b89c7937cae6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).