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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Misuse of sperm, ova, or embryos: damages."
+description: "Existing law makes it a felony for anyone to knowingly use sperm, ova, or embryos in assisted reproduction technology for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ova, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form, and to knowingly implant sperm, ova, or embryos, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ova, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ova, or embryo provider and recipient."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "AB 556"
+citation: "California AB 556 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Misuse of sperm", "ova", "or embryos: damages."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-02-11"
+last_action: "2021-09-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8526b047-a470-43c9-811d-b133e7287ff6"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB556"
+source_hash: "84e813297d158b26696192a30353361fc25509db7c240ae821529b6fa7b9e41d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 556 (20212022) — Misuse of sperm, ova, or embryos: damages.
+
+Existing law makes it a felony for anyone to knowingly use sperm, ova, or embryos in assisted reproduction technology for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ova, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form, and to knowingly implant sperm, ova, or embryos, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ova, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ova, or embryo provider and recipient.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB556&version=20210AB55699INT)
+2. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB556&version=20210AB55697CHP)
+3. **AB556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB556)
+4. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB556&version=20210AB55698ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 556 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB556 Maienschein By Laird — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maienschein — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
+- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 860.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2294.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8526b047-a470-43c9-811d-b133e7287ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+