CA AB 2531

in committee

Public health: abortion services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law establishes the California Reproductive Health Equity Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of ensuring abortion and contraception are affordable for and accessible to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay, and to provide financial support for safety net providers of these services to offset the costs of providing uncompensated care to patients with low incomes who would otherwise lack access to care. Existing law authorizes a Medi-Cal enrolled provider to apply for a grant, and a continuation award after the initial grant, if they agree to provide abortion and contraception services in accordance with specified requirements, including that the services are provided at no cost or a reduced cost to individuals with a household income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level who are uninsured or have health care coverage that does not include both abortion and contraception and are not otherwise eligible to receive both abortion and contraception care at no cost through the Medi-Cal and Family PACT programs. This bill would additionally authorize a Medi-Cal enrolled provider to apply for a grant or a continuation of a grant if they provide the above-described services to patients who are veterans, as defined, who are uninsured or have health care coverage that does not include both abortion and contraception and are not otherwise eligible to receive both abortion and contraception care at no cost through the Medi-Cal and Family PACT programs. The bill would make other conforming changes and would make related findings and declarations. Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs and vests the department with specified duties related to veterans in the state, including the development of a transition program to assist veterans in successfully transitioning from military to civilian life by providing information related to, among other things, health care programs and services. This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to publish a link to the State Department of Public Health's abortion information internet website on the women veterans resources page of its internet website.

Introduced: 2026-03-16
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-23 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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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 M. & V.A.
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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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2026-04-08
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 14). 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: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 19.)
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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 M. & V.A.
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2026-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]
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 and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (8)
- Schiavo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Davies: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
Do pass.
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 2531 Irwin Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 59-19
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: 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
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Alanis: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Flora: no
- Chen: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: no
- Lackey: no
- Gallagher: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Sanchez: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Castillo: no
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]
2026-06-17 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grove: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-22 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: other

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