AB 1979: Health care services: artificial intelligence

Latest recorded action

August 27, 2026. Assembly concurred in Senate amendments (66–10); to engrossing and enrolling. Senate third reading passed 26 August; Assembly concurrence 66–10, 27 August.

Concurrence. CONCURRED 27 AUGUST 2026 (66–10).

Legislative history

• August 26, 2026. Senate third reading — passed.
• August 27, 2026. Assembly concurrence in Senate amendments, 66–10; to engrossing and enrolling.

What the bill does

Health care services: artificial intelligence — Assembly-passed framework for AI used in health care services; operative duties attach only on enactment.

What it does not do

Legislative passage is complete; the bill is not enrolled to the Governor on the record read here, is not law, and is not operative. No provider or plan duty exists today.

KPSGILL position

No position taken. The subject sits inside the AI & medicine institute; analysis of operative duties waits for the chaptered text.

Open verification items

Named here rather than answered with an assumption.

• Enrollment and presentment entries
• Governor action by 30 September
• Chaptered text and operative date

What happens next

Governor action deadline: September 30, 2026. That is the session-wide date this desk tracks, not a date computed from this bill’s own presentment: enrolment and presentment for this bill are not established on the record read here, and until they are, no per-bill clock can be stated. Every qualifying measure is tracked on the Governor’s Health Bill Desk; scheduled dates sit on the decision calendar.

Sources

• LegiScan — AB 1979 action history

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