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| 1 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 403Introduced by Senator BlakespearFebruary 14, 2025 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 403, as introduced, Blakespear. End of Life Option Act.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.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 3 | + | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 403Introduced by Senator BlakespearFebruary 14, 2025 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 403, as introduced, Blakespear. End of Life Option Act.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.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO | |
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| 5 | - | Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025 | |
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| 7 | - | Amended IN Senate March 24, 2025 | |
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| 9 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 13 | 13 | No. 403 | |
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| 15 | 15 | Introduced by Senator BlakespearFebruary 14, 2025 | |
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| 17 | 17 | Introduced by Senator Blakespear | |
| 18 | 18 | February 14, 2025 | |
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| 20 | - | An act | |
| 20 | + | An act relating to public health. | |
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| 22 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 24 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 26 | + | SB 403, as introduced, Blakespear. End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 28 | - | 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.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.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 30 | - | 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. | |
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| 32 | - | 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. | |
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| 34 | - | 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. | |
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| 36 | - | This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. | |
| 28 | + | 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.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 38 | 30 | 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. | |
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| 42 | 32 | This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 50 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. | |
| 38 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 52 | 40 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 54 | 42 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 56 | - | SECTION 1. | |
| 44 | + | SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 58 | - | SECTION 1. Section 443.215 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed. | |
| 46 | + | SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 48 | + | SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. | |
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| 60 | 50 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 62 | - | 443.215.This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 66 | - | This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. | |
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| 70 | - | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. | |
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| 72 | - | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. | |
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| 74 | - | SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution. | |
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| 80 | - | It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation amending the End of Life Option Act. |