CA AB 2540
enactedPublic health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2540 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2540 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2540 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA AB 2540?
Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2540, joined by 10 cosponsors.
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
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Stefaniauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
- Bontacoauthor
- Calozacoauthor
- Nguyencoauthor
- Aguiar-Currycoauthor
- Schiavocoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
- Wahabcoauthor
- Weber Piersoncoauthor
- Papancoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-10
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 6879.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-07-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 1).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and ED.
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 60. Noes 18.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 5385.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 21).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-06
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-03-27
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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
- 08/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-20Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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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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