Bill Commons

CA AB 54

introduced

Access to Safe Abortion Care Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 54 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 54 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-30): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McNerney.

What is CA AB 54 about?

Existing law sets forth provisions, under the California Constitution, regarding the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. This bill, the Access to Safe Abortion Care Act, would make legislative findings about medication abortion, with a focus on use of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Under the bill, the Legislature would reaffirm that it has been, and would continue to be, lawful to cause the delivery of, or mail, ship, take, receive, or otherwise transport, any drug, medicine, or instrument that can be designed or adapted to produce an abortion that is lawful in the State of California. The bill would set forth provisions regarding the lack of civil or criminal liability, or professional disciplinary action, for accessing or administering brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state, on or after January 1, 2020, with this provision applied retroactively, as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable.

Who sponsors CA AB 54?

Krell is the primary sponsor of CA AB 54, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law sets forth provisions, under the California Constitution, regarding the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. This bill, the Access to Safe Abortion Care Act, would make legislative findings about medication abortion, with a focus on use of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Under the bill, the Legislature would reaffirm that it has been, and would continue to be, lawful to cause the delivery of, or mail, ship, take, receive, or otherwise transport, any drug, medicine, or instrument that can be designed or adapted to produce an abortion that is lawful in the State of California. The bill would set forth provisions regarding the lack of civil or criminal liability, or professional disciplinary action, for accessing or administering brand name or generic mifepristone or any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state, on or after January 1, 2020, with this provision applied retroactively, as specified. The bill would make its provisions severable.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2026-08-30 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McNerney.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Krellauthor
  • Cabaldonprincipal coauthor
  • Cervantesprincipal coauthor
  • Pérezprincipal coauthor
  • Weber Piersonprincipal coauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Harabediancoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Nguyencoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor
  • Ransomcoauthor
  • Sharp-Collinscoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor
  • Aguiar-Curryauthor
  • Zburcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-30

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McNerney.

  2. 2026-08-25

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  3. 2026-08-24

    From inactive file.

  4. 2026-08-24

    Ordered to second reading.

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  5. 2025-09-10

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.

  6. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  8. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-07-01

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  10. 2025-06-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 25).

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  11. 2025-06-11

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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  13. 2025-05-13

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

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  14. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1517.)

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  15. 2025-05-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 7).

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  17. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-04-30

    Coauthors revised.

  19. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  20. 2025-04-09

    Coauthors revised.

  21. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  22. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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  23. 2025-03-17

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

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  24. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  25. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 07/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-01Compare
  • AB54Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Flora: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 54 Krell Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-12 · pass · 61-10

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Castillo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Ta: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Flora: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Davies: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Chen: other
    • Dixon: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-06-25 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grove: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: other
    • Niello: other

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