SB418Introduced in the Senate
Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
Introduced by Caroline Menjivar, District 20
What does this bill do?
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Official description
An act to add Section 4064.55 to the Business and Professions Code, to add Section 1367.0435 to, and to add and repeal Section 1367.253 of, the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 10133.135 to, and to add and repeal Section 10123.1963 of, the Insurance Code, and to add and repeal Section 14132.04 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Where it stands
Veto sustained.
March 2, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Unfinished Business SB418 Menjivar et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence · September 11, 2025
29
Yes
10
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
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See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Dahle | 1 | No |
| Mike McGuire | 2 | Yes |
| Christopher Cabaldon | 3 | Yes |
| Marie Alvarado-Gil | 4 | No |
| Jerry McNerney | 5 | Yes |
| Roger Niello | 6 | No |
| Jesse Arreguin | 7 | Yes |
| Angelique Ashby | 8 | Yes |
| Tim Grayson | 9 | Yes |
| Aisha Wahab | 10 | Absent |
Bill history
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 9.
Set for hearing April 22 in JUD. pending receipt.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 834.) (April 22).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 5.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1307.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 8).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3174.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Urgency clause adopted.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Vetoed by the Governor.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Stricken from file.
Veto sustained.
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