---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gender identity: female, male, or nonbinary."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a person who was born in this state and who has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition to obtain a new birth certificate from the State Registrar."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 179"
citation: "California SB 179 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gender identity: female", "male", "or nonbinary."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e334625-41b3-41e6-985c-b16dd5e8909f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179"
source_hash: "0616937f58d9e8f3aa90a64f46730d61e804dd3b79feec029b8c777967765118"
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 SB 179 (20172018) — Gender identity: female, male, or nonbinary.

(1) Existing law authorizes a person who was born in this state and who has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition to obtain a new birth certificate from the State Registrar.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/24/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17999INT)
2. **03/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17998AMD)
3. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17997AMD)
4. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17996AMD)
5. **06/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17995AMD)
6. **06/29/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17994AMD)
7. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17993AMD)
8. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17991CHP)
9. **SB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179)
10. **09/18/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB179&version=20170SB17992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB179 Atkins et al. — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB179 Atkins et al. Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 179 Atkins Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — **57–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bocanegra — principal coauthor (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- De León — principal coauthor (person)
- Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
- Gloria — principal coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lara — principal coauthor (person)
- Low — principal coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — principal coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)
- Monning — principal coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
- Ting — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 627.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2017-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 851.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2017-05-03** May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1314.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 3261.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2923.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 853, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e334625-41b3-41e6-985c-b16dd5e8909f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).