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SB 403: End of Life Option Act: sunset.
What SB 403 does, verified December 8, 2025
The End of Life Option Act will remain in effect indefinitely. The law allows adults who meet certain qualifications to request aid-in-dying drugs to end their life. To be eligible, an individual must be a resident of the state and have a terminal disease, as determined by their attending physician. The law also makes certain violations of the act a crime, including coercing or exerting undue influence on an individual to request or ingest an aid-in-dying drug. The state will not be required to reimburse local agencies and school districts for the costs associated with the law.
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| Oct. 03, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 315, Statutes of 2025. |
| Oct. 03, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep. 23, 2025 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. |
| Sep. 12, 2025 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2986.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Sep. 12, 2025 | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
Latest bill textChaptered version, October 3, 2025 · 348 words
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.
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.Text of SB 403 as chaptered, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions