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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 257: PARENT Act.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 257 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: PARENT Act. Primary sponsor: Aisha Wahab (D). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 2, 2026): Veto sustained.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or disability insurer to allow an individual to enroll in or change their health benefit plan as a result of a specified triggering event.

This bill, the PARENT Act, would make pregnancy a triggering event for purposes of enrollment or changing a health benefit plan. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aisha WahabPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Angelique AshbyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Christopher CabaldonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Sabrina CervantesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
John LairdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Monique LimónCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Susan RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Scott WienerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Veto sustained.
  2. Stricken from file.
  3. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
  4. Vetoed by the Governor.
  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  6. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2827.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  7. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3072.) Ordered to the Senate.
  9. Ordered to third reading.
  10. Read third time and amended.
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29).

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page