Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a PrEP access bill.

Photo: Bill Wilson

Governor GAVIN NEWSOM vetoed a bill its author had hoped would give Californians easier access to HIV prevention medications as of January 1. But on Monday, October 13, Newsom jettisoned the legislation known as the PrEPARE Act of 2025.   The acronym in the name of Assembly Bill 554 stood for the Protecting Rights, Expanding Prevention, and Advancing Reimbursement for Equity. Gay Assemblymember MARK GONZÁLEZ (D-Los Angeles) had authored it with the aim of preventing health care plans and insurance companies from requiring prior authorization or step therapy for antiretroviral drugs, devices, or products that are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for PrEP, or preexposure prophylaxis, and PEP, or p

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