SB 403
End of Life Option Act: sunset.
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Bill overview
This bill extends the End of Life Option Act, which allows eligible California residents to request medication to end their lives due to a terminal illness, indefinitely. Currently, the act was set to expire on January 1, 2031. The bill removes this expiration date, ensuring the act remains in effect. It also clarifies that local agencies will not be required to reimburse the state for any costs associated with enforcing the act’s provisions.
Key provisions
- Repeals the expiration date of the End of Life Option Act.
- Extends the operation of the End of Life Option Act indefinitely.
- Clarifies that no state reimbursement is required for costs incurred by local agencies due to the act.
- Addresses potential penalties for violating the act.
Who is affected
- Adult California residents
- Physicians and healthcare providers
- Local government agencies
Notable changes
- Removes the previous expiration date of the End of Life Option Act.
- Eliminates the requirement for local agencies to reimburse the state for costs associated with the act.
Fiscal impact
No reimbursement is required by this act for costs incurred by local agencies.
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SB403:v94#DOCUMENT
Bill Start
Senate Bill No. 403
CHAPTER 315
An act to repeal Section 443.215 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
[ Approved by Governor October 03, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State October 03, 2025. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 443.215 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.
SEC. 2.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B 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 XIII B of the California Constitution.