AB 40 (Bonta) - (OPPOSE) Expands emergency medical services to include abortion, increasing access to abortion in California hospitals and emergency rooms. By redefining 'emergency services and care,' the bill allows abortions to be performed in urgent care settings, potentially increasing the number of abortions under the guise of emergency treatment. If this bill is passed, it will take immediate effect, making it easier for abortion procedures to be integrated into hospital emergency protocols across the state.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 3/25

Passed Assembly Appropriation Committee 4/9

Order to the Senate

AB 45 (Bauer-Kahan) - (OPPOSE) Strengthens abortion protections in California by preventing healthcare providers from sharing information about those seeking abortions, even in response to legal subpoenas from pro-life states. The bill also bans geofencing around abortion clinics, limiting the ability of pro-life groups to offer women alternatives to abortion. This legislation further isolates women from life-affirming options while prioritizing secrecy over accountability in abortion practices.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee 4/22

Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee 4/29 at 8am

AB 54 (Krell and/ Aguiar-Curry) - (OPPOSE) “Access to Safe Abortion Care Act,” poses serious threats to life, parental rights, and the moral fabric of our society. This bill promotes the widespread use and distribution of dangerous abortion drugs like mifepristone and misoprostol—even allowing them to be mailed without medical oversight or accountability. It retroactively removes any civil or criminal liability for actions involving these drugs since 2020, opening the door to reckless and unregulated abortions. Worse yet, it undermines the rights of parents by enabling minors to access abortion-inducing drugs without parental knowledge or consent. By blurring the lines between legitimate medical care and elective abortion, this bill pushes a radical agenda that prioritizes abortion access over the safety of women, the rights of parents, and the protection of unborn life.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/8.

Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee 4/29 at 8am

AB 67 (Bauer-Kahan) - (OPPOSE) Allows the Attorney General to take legal action against individuals or groups attempting to limit abortion access, including fining local governments that block abortion providers. This bill increases state power to enforce abortion laws by allowing investigations, evidence collection, and subpoenas. It represents an aggressive effort to silence opposition and prevent challenges to California's abortion laws, further expanding abortion access while undermining protections for the unborn. Examples include cities like Beverly Hills and Fontana, which chose not to open a Planned Parenthood in their communities.

STATUS:

Passed Judiciary Committee 4/8

Referred to Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee 5/1

AB 551 (Petrie-Norris) - (OPPOSE) Establishes the Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness Program (RHEPP) to expand abortion and birth control access in California emergency rooms. Taxpayer-funded grants will support hospitals in training staff and providing abortion services. This bill normalizes abortion as emergency care, potentially increasing abortion rates and allowing minors to undergo abortions without parental knowledge, further embedding abortion into mainstream healthcare.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/8

Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee. Referred to suspense file 4/23

AB 1500 (Schiavo spot bill) - (OPPOSE) This bill will create a comprehensive online resource for sexual and reproductive health, including abortion services, that would be regularly updated and informed by community input.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/8

Assembly Appropriation Committee Referred to suspense file 4/23.

AB 908 (Solache) - (OPPOSE) Requires public and charter schools to provide all-gender bathrooms and locker rooms, implement a gender-affirming curriculum, and create an inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ students, regardless of age-appropriateness. Teachers will be forced to undergo training to promote equality and inclusion for all students. The bill could also punish students who disagree with LGBTQ+ views, undermining parental rights and religious freedoms.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Education Committee 4/9

Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 727 (Gonzalez) - (OPPOSE) Seeks to expand LGBTQ rights across all schools in California public and charter. The bill mandates that every student in grades 7-12 must have the Trevor Project's phone number and text line printed on the back of their school ID. The Trevor Project offers a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth. On April 9 on the day of the hearing there was an amendment was made by the author to exempt private schools from this requirement.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Education Committee 4/9

Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1468 (Dawn and Zbur) - (OPPOSE) Establishes statewide curriculum standards for high school ethnic studies, shifting control from local school districts to the California Department of Education. The bill aims to ensure the curriculum is inclusive, free from bias or discrimination, and appropriate for all students while addressing concerns that some educators were using ethnic studies to push political agendas.

STATUS: Assembly Education Committee

AB 260 (Aguiar-Curry spot bill) - (OPPOSE) expands access to abortion and reproductive health care but raises major concerns. It allows abortion drugs like mifepristone to be dispensed without listing the prescriber or pharmacy, weakening patient safety and accountability. The bill also lets providers establish new patient relationships through non-live telehealth, increasing the risk of misdiagnosis. It gives broad legal protections to those involved in abortion services—even when conflicting with federal law—and limits law enforcement access to records. While claiming to protect access, AB 260 lowers medical standards and oversight, putting patient safety and legal transparency at risk.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/8

Referred to Assembly Business and Professions Committee 4/29 at 9pm

AB 302 (Bauer-Kahan) - (OPPOSE) Shields minors' reproductive and gender-related health information from parental access by preventing healthcare providers from sharing it, even in response to out-of-state court orders. This bill undermines parental rights by allowing children as young as 12 to make significant health decisions, such as receiving abortion services or gender-affirming care, without parental consent or notification. It creates a barrier between parents and their children's health, leaving them unaware of crucial decisions that could impact their child's future.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/22

Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee 4/29 at 8am

SB 418 (Menjivar) - (OPPOSE) Mandates that healthcare insurance companies cover surgeries and hormone therapies for individuals seeking to change their sex, applying the same treatment standards to both adults and minors based on gender identity. Healthcare providers are required to offer gender-affirming care, even if it goes against their values or medical practices, with penalties for non-compliance. This law concerns parents, as it overrides their ability to make healthcare decisions for their children, potentially forcing them into situations where their personal beliefs are disregarded, and they may be powerless to prevent treatments they strongly oppose.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Health and Judiciary Committee

Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 497 (Weiner) - (OPPOSE) This bill builds upon SB 107. This bill could significantly impact parental rights and children by restricting parents' ability to access or influence decisions about their children's gender-affirming healthcare. It prohibits the release of medical information related to a child’s gender-affirming care in response to subpoenas from other states where such care may be criminalized or restricted, effectively blocking parents or guardians in those states from being informed about their child's care if it conflicts with local laws. This bill also prevents any cooperation between California and out-of-state authorities in enforcing laws that limit gender-affirming care for minors, which could undermine a parent's ability to make informed decisions regarding their child’s medical treatment and protect them from potential legal consequences in states that oppose such care. In essence, it shifts control away from parents and towards state-level protections for gender-affirming care, limiting parental oversight of their child’s health decisions.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 4/8

Referred to Senate Public Safety Committee 4/29 at 8:30am

SB 608 (Menjivar) - (OPPOSE) Will require the State Department of Education to monitor school compliance with the California Healthy Youth Act, ensuring that all students in grades 7-12 receive comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education. Must allow school-based health centers to provide internal and external condoms to students as part of educational or public health programs and cannot restrict access to condoms at these centers. The bill prohibits retail establishments from refusing to sell nonprescription contraception based on a person's age and ensures customers cannot be required to show ID to purchase these products, with certain exceptions.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Education and Health committee

Referred to Senate on Appropriations Committee 4/28 at 10am

AB 1084 (Zbur) - (OPPOSE) Focuses on simplifying and speeding up the process for adults and minors to change their names or self-identifying gender in legal documents, like birth certificates or marriage licenses.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 3/25

Referred to Assembly Health Committee

AB 86 (Boerner) - (OPPOSE) Requires the adoption of instructional materials for health education in kindergarten through 8th grade, though it doesn't mandate teaching health education or change current curriculum standards. The bill allows publishers to create health curricula for K-8 that aligns with the 2019 state framework, which was originally designed for grades 9-12. However, some 9-12 grade health curricula have faced criticism from parents for containing overly sexual content.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Education Committee 3/12

Referred to Assembly Appropriation Committee. SUSPENSE FILE

AB 82 (Ward) - (OPPOSE) Allows minors to seek gender-affirming or reproductive services in California without their parents’ knowledge and blocks the sharing of related medical information—even with law enforcement or courts from other states. The bill also protects providers from having to disclose details of these treatments, shields their identities if they face public criticism, and prevents prescription tracking for drugs like testosterone and abortion pills. Ultimately, this bill undermines parental rights, hides critical medical information, and creates a legal shield around controversial procedures that many families believe should involve full transparency and consent.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Public Safety Committee 4/22

Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

AB 322 (Ward) - (OPPOSE) This bill would expand the role of schools in managing student health—both physical and mental—by encouraging them to host “Health Days” with screenings and health education, and by promoting participation in state and federal reimbursement programs like Medi-Cal. While it claims to help, it essentially invites outside medical professionals, mental health providers, and even volunteers into schools to interact with children—without requiring parental involvement or consent at every step. It shifts more responsibility from parents to schools when it comes to children's health and opens the door to government-funded programs influencing what kind of care and information students receive.

SB 528 (Weber) - (OPPOSE) Would allow the state to use its own funds to continue offering certain health care services—such as abortion, birth control, and gender-affirming treatments—even if the federal government reduces or cuts off funding for them. It would expand state-only health programs, like the State-Only Family Planning Program, and could make these services available not just to Medi-Cal recipients but to the general public. The bill would also create a new state fund, supported by taxpayer money and private donations, to pay for these services. While it’s presented as a way to maintain access to care, SB 528 raises serious concerns for parents by using public funds to support controversial procedures with little oversight or requirement for parental involvement. It shifts more control to the state over sensitive medical decisions, which many believe should remain in the hands of families.

STATUS:

Referred to Senate Health Committee 4/30 at 1:30pm

AB 281 (Gallagher) - (SUPPORT) Would require public and charter schools that provide sexual health and HIV prevention education to students in grades 7–12 to notify parents not only of the date of instruction, but also of the name and affiliation of any outside group or consultant delivering the instruction. This bill aims to increase transparency and ensure parents are fully informed about who is educating their children on these sensitive topics. Parents more transparency and information about who is teaching their children.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Education Committee

Order a third reading

AB 579 (Castillo) - (SUPPORT) or Yaeli’s Law, protects parents and guardians from being investigated or punished for using their child’s legal name, calling them by their birth pronoun, or not providing gender-affirming healthcare. It ensures these actions are not considered abuse, neglect, or harm. Parents falsely investigated or facing child removal can take legal action and may receive compensation for legal costs. This law upholds family values and protects parents' rights to make decisions for their children without fear of unjust consequences.

STATUS:

This bill does not have any committee assignments.

AB 600 (Castillo) - (SUPPORT) Will allow parents or guardians to ask for their child to be excused from any school lessons, activities, or surveys that talk about transgender topics if it goes against their religious beliefs. The school can’t punish the student for this, and they must provide something else for the student to do while the lesson or survey happens. Schools also must tell parents about this right. If the student's rights are not respected, they can take legal action and might even get money for court costs.

Parents are the most important teachers in their children's lives. Children belong to their parents, not the government.

STATUS:

This bill does not have any committee assignments.

AB 38 (Lackey) - (SUPPORT) Would classify rape or sexual assault of a minor with a developmental disability as a violent felony, leading to tougher penalties and longer prison sentences, especially for repeat offenders. The bill aims to protect vulnerable children by ensuring harsher consequences for those who commit such serious crimes.

STATUS:

Referred to Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 379 (Krell) - (SUPPORT) Strengthens penalties for soliciting sex from anyone under 18 and makes it a crime to loiter in public with the intent to buy sex. First- and second-time offenders selling sex would be offered diversion programs instead of immediate punishment. The bill also adds a $1,000 fine for certain offenses, with the money going to a new Survivor Support Fund to help victims of sex trafficking through community-based organizations

STATUS:

Referred to Assembly Public Safety Committee 4/29 at 8:30am

SB 19 (Rubio) - (SUPPORT) makes it a crime to threaten death or serious harm to anyone on school or place of worship grounds. It strengthens penalties for threats that cause fear for safety, making them punishable by jail time, either as a misdemeanor or felony. If the person making the threat is under 18, they would face only a misdemeanor. This bill aims to increase safety at schools and places of worship by imposing stricter consequences for such threats.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Public Safety Committee

Passed Senate Appropriation Committee. SUSPENSE FILE

AB 63 (Rodriguez) - (SUPPORT) Aims to reinstate the law that makes it a misdemeanor to loiter in a public place with the intent to engage in prostitution. The bill also ensures that law enforcement cannot arrest someone based solely on their gender identity or sexual orientation. Before making an arrest, police are required to document their efforts to offer services to the individual.

STATUS:

Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 1487 (Addis) - (OPPOSE) Provides grants for hospitals and clinics to partner with transgender advocacy groups, funding gender reassignment surgeries, hormone treatments, and non-religious spiritual care, such as meditation and therapy, for both minors and adults. The bill is backed by the TransLatin@ Coalition, which advocates for transgender, gender-expansive, and intersex (TGI) individuals across 10 states.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Health Committee 4/22

Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

SB 59 (Wiener) - (OPPOSE) Changes the law to make records about gender or name changes more private. Right now, if someone under 18 wants to change their gender or name, the court keeps their records secret. This bill expands that protection to everyone, no matter how old they are. It ensures that no one can publicly access or share these records, including on the Internet.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Judiciary Committee 4/22

Referred to Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 1464 (Macedo) - (SUPPORT) This bill is crucial because it focuses on safety for everyone in the correctional system. The bill makes sure that transgender, nonbinary, or intersex individuals who have committed serious crimes, like rape, human trafficking, or murder, are housed based on their anatomy. This prevents dangerous individuals from being placed in facilities where they could cause harm, especially if the crime was against someone of the opposite gender.

STATUS:

May be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee

SB 403 (Blakespear) - (OPPOSE) "End of Life Option Act" will allow certain adults who are terminally ill to request a drug that helps them end their life. To qualify, the person must meet specific conditions, such as being a California resident and having a terminal disease diagnosed by their doctor. The current law is set to expire on January 1, 2031, but this bill proposes to remove that expiration date, allowing the law to continue indefinitely. The bill also extends the penalties for crimes related to the act, like coercing someone to take the drug against their will, making it a state-mandated program for local governments to enforce.

STATUS:

Passed Senate Health Committee 4/23

Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. Pending Receipt 4/29 at 9:30am

AB 392 (Dixon) - (SUPPORT) Would require pornographic websites to verify that all individuals in uploaded content are adults who gave full consent to be filmed and to have the content posted online. Uploaders must submit a sworn statement confirming this. If someone later claims they didn’t consent or were underage, the website must remove the content within 48 hours. Victims and prosecutors would also be able to take legal action if the site fails to comply. This bill aims to prevent exploitation and protect people—especially minors—online.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Privacy and Consumer Committee 4/1

Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee 4/22

Re-referred to Assembly Appropriation Committee

AB 621 (Bauer-Kahan) - (SUPPORT) Strengthens protections against deepfake pornography by allowing individuals—especially minors—to sue anyone who creates or shares fake sexual content without their consent. It also holds companies accountable if they knowingly support deepfake porn sites and don’t stop after being notified. The bill increases penalties up to $250,000 for malicious violations and lets prosecutors take legal action to enforce these protections.

STATUS:

Passed Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee

Passed Assembly Judiciary Committee

Referred to Assembly Appropriation Committee