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California 20252026

AB 2531

Public health: abortion services.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Publichealth, abortionservices
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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.

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Actions

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

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

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

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

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

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

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  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and M. & V.A.

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

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

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. Coauthors revised.

  22. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

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  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  26. Read first time. To print.

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