Hopes of single payer supporters across the country were dashed Friday night when the Democratic Speaker of the California legislature killed a single payer health insurance reform bill by written by California Democrats.

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced Friday afternoon that he was “hold” on the bill to bring universal, single-payer health care to the most populous state, effectively killing the bill for at least the rest of 2017.

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“I have decided SB 562 will remain in the Assembly Rules Committee until further notice,” Rendon said in a statement.

The Healthy California Act (SB 562) by Sens. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, and Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, passed the California State Senate 23-14 last month, but will now be denied a similar floor vote by the State Assembly.

Breaking: Assembly Speaker Rendon is not allowing single-payer healthcare bill to be heard in 2017. Bill being held in Rules Cmte. — John Myers (@johnmyers) June 23, 2017

BIG LATE FRIDAY NEWS: Single-payer is being held in the Assembly Rules Committee "until further notice," @Rendon63rd says. https://t.co/bn3veJBfKG — Christopher Cadelago (@CapitolAlert) June 23, 2017

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.@Calnurses responds, condemns Rendon for announcing move to shelve single-payer late on a Friday pic.twitter.com/4wBQI4Us7N — Melanie Mason (@melmason) June 24, 2017

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Single-payer bill authors @senricardolara & @toniatkins say they’re “disappointed” it was shelved(but don’t sound as spitting mad as nurses) pic.twitter.com/jxxR67a5BV — Melanie Mason (@melmason) June 24, 2017

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Despite his actions, Speaker Rendon claims to be a personal supporter of single-payer.