CA SB903 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 903

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Engrossed on May 19 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-02 - Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

An act to add Chapter 13.6 (commencing with Section 4989.80) to Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

Title

Mental health professionals: artificial intelligence.

Roll Calls

2026-07-01 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-16 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-05-19 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB903 Padilla et al (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-04 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-20 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection] (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-02	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (July 1).
2026-06-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
2026-06-16	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-06-08	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2026-05-26	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and P. & C.P.
2026-05-20	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-19	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4341.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4256.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04	Senate	May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24	Senate	Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-21	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3957.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-13	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3840.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
2026-04-10	Senate	Set for hearing April 20 in P., D.T., & C.P. pending receipt.
2026-04-08	Senate	Set for hearing April 13.
2026-04-07	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2026-02-18	Senate	Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and P., D.T., & C.P.
2026-01-22	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 21.
2026-01-21	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business and Professions Code	4989.80	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903#96AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB903