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type: "Bill"
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title: "Legally protected health care activity."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 497"
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citation: "California SB 497 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Legallyprotectedhealthcareactivity"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c95056-b98c-41e8-83f5-1b9c20c1dcb5"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497"
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source_hash: "68b96f4919b24cf2ba8d3fc37f05fbe8abd0aa50aa01e5377fdc33fa98da3c54"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 497 (20252026) — Legally protected health care activity.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49799INT)
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2. **03/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49798AMD)
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3. **04/21/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49797AMD)
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4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49796AMD)
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5. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49795AMD)
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6. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49793CHP)
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7. **SB497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497)
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8. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB497&version=20250SB49794ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 497 Wiener Third Reading Urgency By Ward — **61–17** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wiener — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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- Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Haney — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Padilla — coauthor (person)
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- Stefani — coauthor (person)
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- Ward — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1202.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2804.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c95056-b98c-41e8-83f5-1b9c20c1dcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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