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Introduced
02/18/2026
02/18/2026
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act to add Section 123469.5 to the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 1549.1 of, and to add Section 1549.13 to, the Penal Code, relating to legally protected activities.
AI Summary
This bill expands protections for individuals involved in legally protected health care activities, which include reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services. It clarifies that these protections extend to actions taken in another U.S. state to aid or encourage access to such services, provided those actions were legal in the location where they occurred. The bill also modifies extradition laws to prevent the Governor from surrendering individuals to another state if the alleged crime is based on providing or receiving legally protected health care services, unless the person was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the alleged crime and then fled. This aims to shield individuals from prosecution in other states for actions that are lawful in California.
Sponsors (23)
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D)*,
Dawn Addis (D),
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D),
Anamarie Avila Farias (D),
Mia Bonta (D),
Lisa Calderon (D),
Sade Elhawary (D),
Jacqui Irwin (D),
Tina McKinnor (D),
Caroline Menjivar (D),
Stephanie Nguyen (D),
Liz Ortega (D),
Diane Papan (D),
Darshana Patel (D),
Gail Pellerin (D),
Sasha Perez (D),
Sharon Quirk-Silva (D),
Eloise Reyes (D),
Celeste Rodriguez (D),
Susan Rubio (D),
Pilar Schiavo (D),
Catherine Stefani (D),
Lori Wilson (D),
Last Action
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. (on 02/19/2026)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
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| State Bill Page | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2164 |
| BillText | https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2164#99INT |
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