SB-403 • 2026

End of Life Option Act: sunset.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Blakespear
Last action: 2025-10-03
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific information on who pays for implementing costs or exact effects on local agencies.

End of Life Option Act: No More End Date

The law removes the end date for the End of Life Option Act, allowing it to continue indefinitely.

What This Bill Does

Removes the January 1, 2031, expiration date from the End of Life Option Act.
Makes it illegal to force or pressure someone into using the aid-in-dying drug.

Who It Names or Affects

Adults who are California residents and have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by their doctor.

Terms To Know

End of Life Option Act: A law that allows certain sick adults to ask for medicine to end their life if they meet specific requirements.
Terminal disease: An illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death, even with treatment.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify who pays for the costs related to implementing this law.
The exact effects on local agencies are unclear without more details.

Bill History

2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-03 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-23 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2986.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 3280.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 29).
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-16 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 1492.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1199.) (May 23).
2025-05-16 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12 California Legislative Information
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 940.) (April 29).
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 868.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-04 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-02 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-14 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 403, Blakespear.
End of Life Option Act: sunset.
Existing law, the End of Life Option Act, until January 1, 2031, authorizes an adult who meets certain qualifications, including, among other things, being a resident of the State of California, and who has been determined by their attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, as defined, to make a request for an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life. Existing law makes specified violations of the act a crime, including knowingly coercing or exerting undue influence on an individual to request or ingest an aid-in-dying drug for the purpose of ending their life.
This bill would repeal the January 1, 2031, expiration date of the act, thereby extending the operation of the act indefinitely. By extending the operation of crimes within the act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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