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This bill proposes several amendments to existing laws in California, mainly focusing on protecting the rights of individuals seeking or providing reproductive health services, including abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care, that are legal in California but may be illegal in their home state. Key amendments include: 1. Prohibiting a magistrate from issuing an arrest warrant for an individual fleeing their home state due to criminal charges or convictions related to reproductive health services that are legal within California. 2. Prohibiting bail bondsmen or authorized persons from taking into custody a fugitive from another state where their alleged offence or conviction is related to reproductive care services that are legal in California. 3. Prohibiting law enforcement officers from providing information or assistance to other entities regarding services constituting legally protected health care activity, such as abortion or gender-affirming care, if these services would be lawful in California. 4. Restricting judges from ordering a witness to appear in court if their criminal prosecution is based on laws in another state that criminalize actions related to abortion, contraception, reproductive care, or gender-affirming care, if these activities are legal under California law. 5. Broadening the eligibility conditions for state-funded benefits programs such as the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program and the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for persons fleeing prosecution in their home states due to violations related to reproductive health care services that are lawful in California. A bailout agent, private investigator, or bail licensee who detains a fugitive without meeting the criteria established in the bill is considered to have committed a crime and their license is subject to forfeiture. This bill, by creating new crimes, institutes a state-mandated local program. The bill also sets forth standards for state reimbursements to local agencies and school districts for certain state-mandated costs.

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