CA AB 2018
enactedMissing persons: DNA testing.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2018 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2018 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-16): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2018 about?
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop a DNA database for all cases involving the report of an unidentified deceased person or a high-risk missing person and provides for the collection of DNA samples from unidentified deceased persons and from potential sources for comparison, as specified. Existing law requires that the database be funded by a $2 increase on death certificates issued by a local government agency or by the State of California. Existing law specifies the procedure for identifying the backlog of unidentified remains. Under existing law, all samples and DNA extracted from a living person are required to be destroyed after a positive identification is made and a report is issued, except as specified. This bill would require the DNA database be used for all cases involving the report of an unidentified person, whether living or deceased, and would delete provisions relating to the reporting of high-risk missing persons. The bill would additionally authorize the retention of DNA extracted from a living person under these provisions if the identified human remains are incomplete and there is a reasonable expectation that additional remains requiring identification may be found in the future. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Who sponsors CA AB 2018?
Ramos is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2018, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to develop a DNA database for all cases involving the report of an unidentified deceased person or a high-risk missing person and provides for the collection of DNA samples from unidentified deceased persons and from potential sources for comparison, as specified. Existing law requires that the database be funded by a $2 increase on death certificates issued by a local government agency or by the State of California. Existing law specifies the procedure for identifying the backlog of unidentified remains. Under existing law, all samples and DNA extracted from a living person are required to be destroyed after a positive identification is made and a report is issued, except as specified. This bill would require the DNA database be used for all cases involving the report of an unidentified person, whether living or deceased, and would delete provisions relating to the reporting of high-risk missing persons. The bill would additionally authorize the retention of DNA extracted from a living person under these provisions if the identified human remains are incomplete and there is a reasonable expectation that additional remains requiring identification may be found in the future. The bill would also make conforming changes.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-07
- Latest action
- 2026-07-16 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ramosauthor
- Alaniscoauthor
- Harabediancoauthor
- Lackeycoauthor
- Schultzcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-07-16
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-07-16
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-07-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-07-02
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-07-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-07-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5189.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-30
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-29
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5306.)
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-15
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-04-07
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-07
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-18
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-02-18
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-02-17
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Haney: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 2018 Ramos Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ellis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Haney: yes
- Chen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Davies: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Soria: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Krell: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-16 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2018 Ramos et al.
2026-07-02 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Rubio: other
- Richardson: other
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