Bill Commons

CA AB 2531

enacted

Public health: abortion services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2531 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2531 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2531 about?

Existing law establishes the California Reproductive and TGI Health Equity Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of ensuring abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care 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, contraception, and gender-affirming care 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 or does not include gender-affirming care and are not otherwise eligible to receive both abortion and contraception care at no cost through the Medi-Cal and Family PACT programs or receive gender-affirming care at no cost through the Medi-Cal program. 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 2531?

Irwin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2531, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Reproductive and TGI Health Equity Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of ensuring abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care 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, contraception, and gender-affirming care 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 or does not include gender-affirming care and are not otherwise eligible to receive both abortion and contraception care at no cost through the Medi-Cal and Family PACT programs or receive gender-affirming care at no cost through the Medi-Cal program. 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
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Irwinauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor
  • Patelcoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18.).

  5. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 6587.).

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  6. 2026-08-25

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.).

  8. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

  10. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and M. & V.A.

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  15. 2026-05-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 19.)

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  17. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 5330.)

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  18. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  20. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  21. 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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  22. 2026-04-08

    Coauthors revised.

  23. 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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  24. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  25. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and M. & V.A.

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  26. 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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  27. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  28. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB2531Compare

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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