Privacy

AB 45 (Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon)

Support

Passed the Assembly on June 3. To be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AB 45 would prohibit the use of geofencing technology around health care facilities. This bill would also shield research records from disclosure in response to subpoenas or law enforcement requests issued under another state’s laws that seek to interfere with a person’s legal right to obtain an abortion in California.

Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Support Letter

AB 302 (Bauer-Kahan, D-San Ramon)

Neutral

Passed the Assembly on May 23. To be heard in the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AB 302 would make changes to the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act to prohibit a health care provider, health care service plan, contractor, or corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates from intentionally selling medical information or using medical information for marketing purposes. Additionally, the bill prohibits a health care provider, health care service plan, or contractor from complying with a court order that constitutes a foreign subpoena, absent a California court order issued pursuant to the Interstate and International Depositions and Discovery Act.

Assembly Appropriations Committee Neutral Letter

SB 44 (Umberg, D-Santa Ana)

Follow

Held on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file on May 23.

SB 44 would require a covered provider business to use neural data only for its intended purpose. The bill would also require that a covered provider business delete neural data when the purpose for which it was collected is complete. Recent amendments removed CHA’s concerns.

SB 354 (Limón, D-Santa Barbara)

Neutral

Passed the Senate on June 4. To be heard in the Assembly Insurance Committee and the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee.

SB 354 would enact the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2025 to establish new standards for the collection, processing, retaining, or sharing of consumers’ personal information by insurance licensees and their third-party service providers. Amendments that exempt hospitals and other health care providers from the bill were taken in the Senate Appropriations Committee, at CHA’s request. 

Senate Appropriations Committee Neutral Letter

SB 468 (Becker, D-Menlo Park)

Oppose Unless Amended

Held on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file on May 23.

SB 468 would require a covered deployer, defined as a business that deploys a high-risk artificial intelligence system that processes personal information, to protect personal information held by the covered deployer, subject to certain requirements.

Senate Judiciary Committee Oppose Unless Amended Letter

Senate Appropriations Oppose Unless Amended Letter

SB 691 (Wahab, D-Silicon Valley)

Follow

Made a two-year bill by the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 23.

SB 691 would require a law enforcement agency to update its body-worn camera policy to provide guidance to personnel who wear body-worn cameras. This guidance would cover the circumstances in which personnel are required to reasonably and temporarily limit recording medical or psychological evaluations, procedures, or treatment performed by emergency service personnel that may cause embarrassment or humiliation to the patient. “Emergency service personnel” is limited to state or local fire agency employees, such as firefighters and paramedics.

Senate Public Safety Committee Support if Amended Letter