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Legally protected health care activity.

It became law on Oct 13, 2025.

CA SB 497 · Senate Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsors
+7
Latest action
Oct 13, 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Oct 13, 2025

What it does

(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…

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Where it goes next

Law in California. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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