California lawmakers last week dealt a final blow to the state’s controversial “medical misinformation” law, which aimed to punish doctors for spreading COVID-19 “misinformation” or “disinformation.”
Assembly Bill 2098 (AB 2098) was quietly put to rest on Sept. 14 when lawmakers voted 35-1 to pass another bill, Senate Bill 815 (SB 815), which included a clause that repealed AB 2098. SB 815 reforms how the Medical Board of California must address patient complaints.
Commenting on the news, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) President Mary Holland said:
“The California legislature likely saw the writing on the wall — that their statute would be found unconstitutional — so they attempted to quietly scuttle it. This is an example of how legal wins can lead to legislative wins, and this is definitely a win when doctors can practice medicine freely.”
AB 2098, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sept. 2022, took effect on Jan. 1.
However, less than a month later, a federal judge blocked the bill when he granted an injunction requested by CHD, in relation to CHD’s lawsuit challenging the bill.
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