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California 20252026

SB 934

Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Sexualorientationorgenderidentitychangeefforts
Introduced / first action
2026-01-29 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Sexual orientation change efforts: remedies.
  • Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts: actions for recovery of damages: statute of limitations.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law defines "sexual orientation change efforts" as practices by mental health providers that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation, as specified. Existing law prohibits a mental health provider, as defined, from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with a patient under 18 years of age, and provides that such efforts attempted by a mental health provider are considered unprofessional conduct and must subject the mental health provider to discipline by that provider's licensing entity. This bill would define "sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts" as any practices of a licensed mental health provider that seek, during the provision of mental health services, to direct a patient toward a predetermined sexual orientation or gender identity, as specified, and would apply the prohibitions described above to such efforts. The bill would exclude specified practices, including age-appropriate interventions to address unlawful conduct or unsafe practices that do not seek to direct the patient toward a particular sexual orientation or gender identity, from this definition.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 6267.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  8. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  9. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. Coauthors revised.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4356.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4257.) (May 14).

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  19. Set for hearing May 14.

  20. April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing April 20.

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 3757.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  23. Set for hearing April 7.

  24. Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  26. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.

  28. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction, reading-1, referral-committee

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