Legislation Tracker

The California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center tracks a number of bills and policies that impact people living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS in California. Here are the bills we are tracking for 2025-2026 (Year 1).

LAST UPDATED: 6/4/2025

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Status on current and past policies in California state legislature that relate to people living with HIV and HIV prevention

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Harm Reduction

AB 309

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 1/23/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Assembly on 5/15/25

Status: in progress

Allows pharmacists the discretion to continue providing sterile syringes and adults to continue possessing syringes for personal use without a prescription beyond the existing law’s end date of January 2026

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Health Access

AB 4

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 12/2/24

Status: in progress

Authorizes Covered California to develop a parallel market offering undocumented state residents qualified health plans similar to those available to other Californians and sets the basis for providing undocumented individuals state-based affordability assistance

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SB 242

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 1/30/25

Status: in progress

Requires that seniors and people younger than 65 with end-stage renal disease be offered access to Medigap plans without regard to their age or pre-existing conditions and that health insurance companies establish an annual open enrollment period for this purpose

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AB 224

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 1/9/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Assembly on 5/29/25

Status: in progress

Requires new essential health benefits benchmark plan to include certain benefits, such as specified fertility services (e.g., artificial insemination, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, etc.) and durable medical equipment (e.g., mobility devices, augmented communication devices, portable oxygen, etc.)

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SB 62

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 1/9/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Senate on 5/27/25

Status: in progress

Requires new essential health benefits benchmark plan to include certain benefits, such as specified fertility services (e.g., artificial insemination, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos, etc.) and durable medical equipment (e.g., mobility devices, augmented communication devices, portable oxygen, etc.)

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SB 41

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 12/3/24

First Chamber Passage

Passed Senate on 5/28/25

Status: in progress

Requires pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to be licensed and prohibits them from engaging in spread pricing (i.e., charging a health plan more for a drug than it pays a pharmacy), negotiating exclusive deals with drug, device, and other manufacturers, and steering patients to an affiliated pharmacy rather than the latter’s preferred in-network pharmacy

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AB 910

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 2/19/25

Status: in progress

Requires pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to exercise fiduciary duty in its contracts with health care service plans; to wholly remit rebates, discounts, and other remuneration to these plans; to report affiliated entities and group purchasing organizations; and to refrain from spread pricing

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Sexual and Reproductive Health

SB 278

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 2/4/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Senate on 5/29/25

Status: in progress

Authorizes disclosure of health data by state and local public health agency staff to the Medi-Cal program to coordinate the care and treatment of HIV-positive persons, as well as HIV test results needed to administer Medi-cal’s quality improvement programs

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AB 50

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 12/2/24

First Chamber Passage

Passed Assembly on 4/28/25

Status: in progress

Removes the application of pharmacy-related standardized protocols to over-the-counter (OTC) contraceptives and limits these procedures to prescription-only, self-administered contraceptives and allows a pharmacist to provide a patient up to a 12-month supply of OTC contraceptives on request

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AB 554

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 2/11/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Assembly on 6/3/25

Status: in progress

Prevents most health care and insurance plans from requiring prior authorization or step therapy for antiretroviral drugs, except in certain circumstances, and also requires HIV/AIDS prevention drugs to be covered without cost sharing or utilization review requirements

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SB 608

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 2/20/25

Status: in progress

Stops a public school serving grades 7 to 12 from preventing access to condoms at school-based health centers and bans retail outlets from refusing to provide over-the-counter contraception based on age

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Affected Communities

AB 1084

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 2/20/25

Status: in progress

Expedites court orders for name and gender marker changes for transgender and nonbinary people needed for state identification essential to daily life, including obtaining health care

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SB 59

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 1/8/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Senate on 6/2/25

Status: in progress

Makes all court records pertaining to name and gender marker changes confidential

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SB 497

Introduction

Introduced in Senate on 2/19/25

First Chamber Passage

Passed Senate on 6/2/25

Status: in progress

Requires warrants for law enforcement access to the state’s prescription drug database and prohibits healthcare providers from complying with subpoenas demanding disclosure of transgender and nonbinary persons’ sensitive medical information

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AB 82

Introduction

Introduced in Assembly on 12/20/24

First Chamber Passage

Passed Assembly on 6/2/25

Status: in progress

Limits the sharing of sensitive patient data related to abortions and reproductive health care sought by transgender and nonbinary Californians and expands protections for patients, their families, and health care professionals seeking or providing such services against harassment, violence and hostile out-of-state actors

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LAST UPDATED: 6/4/2025

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Harm Reduction

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Health Access

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Sexual and Reproductive Health

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Affected Communities

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