CA AB 2540

in committee

Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires, on and after January 1, 2023, a student health center on a California State University or University of California campus to offer abortion by medication techniques, as specified. Existing law establishes the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund to be administered by the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls and continuously appropriates the moneys in that fund to the commission for specified activities related to providing abortion by medication techniques at student health centers. This bill would require a student health center on a California State University or University of California campus, on or before January 1, 2028, to promote awareness of the services for abortion by medication techniques that the student health center offers, provide information on those services to students, and post the availability of those services on its internet website. This bill would require a community college that has a student health center, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to, on and after January 1, 2029, offer access to abortion by medication techniques, promote awareness of those services, provide information on those services to students, and post the availability of those services on its internet website. The bill would require the commission to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2030, that includes, but is not limited to, specified information relating to abortion by medication techniques at or through community college student health centers. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to develop a standardized reporting framework that minimizes administrative burden and protects student privacy. The bill would authorize funds appropriated for these provisions to be used for implementation readiness activities and ongoing operational costs, as specified.

Introduced: 2026-03-16
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-02 — Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HIGHER ED.
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2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-03-27
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-06
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2026-04-08
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 21).
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2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 18.)
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2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and ED.
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2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 1).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
03/27/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-27Compare
04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
07/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-02Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
2026-04-07 · pass · 12-3
Member-level votes (16)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Johnson: no
- Sanchez: no
- Patterson: no
- Chen: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Ramos: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
AB 2540 Stefani Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 60-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Soria: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Flora: no
- Hadwick: no
- Lackey: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- Castillo: no
- Chen: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Davies: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
2026-06-24 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grove: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: no
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes

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