CA AB539 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 539

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Vetoed on September 20 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-09-20 - Vetoed by Governor.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 1371.8 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 796.04 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

Title

Health care coverage: prior authorizations.

Roll Calls

2026-08-26 - Assembly - AB 539 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 64 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2026-08-25 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB539 Schiavo By Weber Pierson (Y: 32 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-08-03 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-01 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Assembly - AB 539 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading (Y: 64 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2025-05-07 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-09-20	Assembly	Vetoed by Governor.
2026-09-03		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-26	Assembly	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 4. Page 6560.).
2026-08-25	Assembly	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0.).
2026-08-24	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21	Senate	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-13	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-08-03	Senate	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-07-02	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-02	Senate	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-23	Senate	In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-18	Senate	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-21	Senate	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-05-13	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-12	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 1518.)
2025-05-08	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-07	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 7).
2025-04-29	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-28	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2025-04-24	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).
2025-02-24	Assembly	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-12	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2025-02-11	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health and Safety Code	1371.8	Amended Code	Citation Text
Insurance Code	796.04	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539#96AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539#95ENR
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB539