---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: reproductive health services."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to post personal information or an image of a reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against the reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address. Existing law makes a violation of this provision punishable as a misdemeanor. If the violation leads to bodily injury of the person, existing law makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail, a fine of up to $50,000, or both that fine and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2099"
citation: "California AB 2099 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "reproductive health services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd768dd-8bc6-46f9-9eca-7ef509b0bd1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099"
source_hash: "6d0e0a71b3aedc4fb121af0ee16b9bcdac5ae6389db84bcb0908a422be1c141d"
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 2099 (20232024) — Crimes: reproductive health services.

Existing law makes it a crime to post personal information or an image of a reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against the reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address. Existing law makes a violation of this provision punishable as a misdemeanor. If the violation leads to bodily injury of the person, existing law makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail, a fine of up to $50,000, or both that fine and imprisonment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099&version=20230AB209999INT)
2. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099&version=20230AB209998AMD)
3. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099&version=20230AB209996CHP)
4. **AB2099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099)
5. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2099&version=20230AB209997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2099 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2099 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Skinner — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 2099 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5623.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fd768dd-8bc6-46f9-9eca-7ef509b0bd1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).