CA AB489 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: Passed on October 11 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9)
Status: Passed on October 11 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
An act to add Chapter 15.5 (commencing with Section 4999.8) to Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
Title
Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.
Sponsors
| Asm. Mia Bonta [D] | Asm. Dawn Addis [D] | Sen. Angelique Ashby [D] | Asm. Jasmeet Bains [D] |
| Asm. Marc Berman [D] | Asm. Josh Lowenthal [D] | Asm. Gail Pellerin [D] | Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson [D] |
| Asm. Lori Wilson [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-09-08 - Assembly - AB 489 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-09-04 - Senate - Special Consent AB489 Bonta et al. By Weber Pierson (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-18 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-15 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-02 - Assembly - AB 489 Bonta Assembly Third Reading (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-01 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-09-04 - Senate - Special Consent AB489 Bonta et al. By Weber Pierson (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-08-18 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-15 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-02 - Assembly - AB 489 Bonta Assembly Third Reading (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-01 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 615, Statutes of 2025. | |
| 2025-10-11 | Approved by the Governor. | |
| 2025-09-15 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. | |
| 2025-09-08 | Assembly | Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3026.). |
| 2025-09-04 | Assembly | In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. |
| 2025-09-04 | Senate | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.). |
| 2025-09-02 | Senate | Ordered to special consent calendar. |
| 2025-08-29 | Senate | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-08-29 | Senate | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). |
| 2025-08-18 | Senate | In committee: Referred to suspense file. |
| 2025-07-16 | Senate | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-07-08 | Senate | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-06-23 | Senate | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-06-16 | Senate | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD. |
| 2025-06-03 | Senate | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| 2025-06-02 | Assembly | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1832.) |
| 2025-05-27 | Assembly | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-05-23 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). |
| 2025-05-07 | Assembly | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| 2025-04-23 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-04-21 | Assembly | Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. |
| 2025-04-10 | Assembly | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. |
| 2025-04-01 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. |
| 2025-04-01 | Assembly | Coauthors revised. |
| 2025-03-17 | Assembly | Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and P. & C.P. |
| 2025-02-11 | Assembly | From printer. May be heard in committee March 13. |
| 2025-02-10 | Assembly | Read first time. To print. |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business and Professions Code | 4999.8 | New Code | See Bill Text |
