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CA SB403

Bill

Status

Passed

10/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Catherine Blakespear

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals the January 1, 2031 sunset date for California's End of Life Option Act, making the law permanent
  • The End of Life Option Act allows terminally ill California adults to request aid-in-dying medication from their attending physician to end their life
  • Extends criminal penalties indefinitely for violations such as knowingly coercing someone to request or ingest aid-in-dying drugs
  • No state reimbursement to local agencies is required because costs relate only to extending existing crime definitions
  • Approved by Governor and filed with Secretary of State on October 3, 2025

Legislative Description

End of Life Option Act: sunset.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.

10/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/16/2025
Judiciary7/9/2025
Health6/16/2025
Appropriations4/30/2025
Judiciary4/24/2025
Health4/2/2025
Rules2/14/2025

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