New California laws taking effect July 1, 2027
1 law takes effect July 1, 2027.
Of the 1,834 bills enacted since 2025, 1,828 have an effective date and 6 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Nov 4, 2026 at 7:53 p.m. EST.
Healthcare (1)
AB 1312 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
Hospital pricing.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 127400, subdivision (f)).
Section 127400, subdivision (f): Effective July 1, 2027, each hospital shall establish a written process for screening patients consistent with this section
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Enacted, but not yet dated (6)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect July 1, 2027 too; the record doesn't say.
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- AB 929ContingentAbandoned endowment care cemeteries: County of Marin.Senate Bill 1312 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative
- SB 246ContingentMedi-Cal: graduate medical education payments.Necessary federal approvals from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for graduate medical education payments, and no sooner than January 1, 2026
- SB 42ContingentPolitical Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.Approval by the voters at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election
- SB 484ContingentCoastal resources: coastal development permits: infill area categorical exclusion.Commission certifies the exclusion by a two-thirds vote of its appointed members
- SB 558ContingentImperial Valley Healthcare District: voting districts.Effective commencing with the next district election occurring after January 1, 2024
- SB 895ContingentCalifornia Science and Health Research Bond Act.Approval by the voters of the California Science and Health Research Bond Act