Bill dossier · California 2025–26 session · session closed September 30, 2026
Current through · Last editorial review October 1, 2026 · Original snapshot September 18, 2026, 3:00 PM PT (archived below)
SB 164: Health omnibus: home health agency licensure moratorium
Final status · recorded October 1, 2026
SIGNED JUNE 29, 2026SB 164 was signed on June 29, 2026. Operative: Effective. It is law; the chaptered text is the controlling version. Source: California 2026 Final Legislative Ledger.
Archived snapshot — originally current through September 18, 2026, 3:00 PM PTPreserved as originally published. Superseded by the final status above; lifecycle language, deadlines and “pending” states in this section describe the record as it stood on that date, not the current state. The dossier body below (what the bill does, legislative history, analysis and “what happens next”) is the September record.
Bill
SB 164 (2025-2026)
Internal identity
CA|2025-2026|SB164
Author
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
Lifecycle
ENACTED 29 JUNE 2026 (BUDGET TRAILER BILL)
Where it sits
Statute
Last recorded action
June 29, 2026
Recorded vote
—
Enrollment
ENROLLED AND PRESENTED
Governor
Enacted 29 June 2026
Urgency
None recorded
Chapter
Not applicable
Verification
VERIFIED
Governor deadline
None recorded
Verified
September 15, 2026
Latest recorded action
June 29, 2026. Passed and effective on enactment.
What the bill does
Added Health and Safety Code § 1728.9, barring new home health agency licences and new branch offices during a moratorium, and § 1728.95, allowing an exception on a written finding of unmet need in the proposed service area.
What it does not do
Chapter number, the moratorium's outer end date, and the operational detail of CDPH's All Facilities Letter 26-28 are not stated here: the chaptered text and the AFL itself have not been read at CDPH.
KPSGILL position
No position taken. The moratorium instrument is analysed as a pattern — freeze entry, then write the regulations the freeze buys time for.
Open verification items
Named here rather than answered with an assumption.
- Chapter number
- CDPH AFL 26-28 full text
- any CDPH deadline for existing agencies
What happens next
Every qualifying measure is tracked on the Governor’s Health Bill Desk; scheduled dates sit on the decision calendar.
Primary sources
Register: the record store · internal identity CA|2025-2026|SB164 · verification state VERIFIED · tracker: California Legislature 2026.