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Bill	Inmates in labor.	(1) Existing law requires that a female inmate have the right to summon and receive the services of a physician and surgeon of her choice in order to determine whether she is pregnant and, if determined to be pregnant, is entitled to receive needed medical services, as specified. Existing law requires the posting of these rights in a conspicuous place to which all female inmates have access. Additionally, existing law requires pregnant inmates who are transported to a hospital outside the prison for the purpose of childbirth to be transported in the least restrictive way possible and, upon arrival at the hospital, prohibits shackling by the wrists, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for safety, when the inmate is in active labor as determined by the attending physician.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2530	California AB 2530 (20112012)	bill	Inmates in labor.	enacted	Atkins	7	26	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ddefbb2f-4ccc-4b68-980a-2264e283e228	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2530	6331f521cc4f7a0c538cb21a75df0c1b8f7aaeb9eee16f65cf5c51132026a327	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2530 (20112012) — Inmates in labor.

(1) Existing law requires that a female inmate have the right to summon and receive the services of a physician and surgeon of her choice in order to determine whether she is pregnant and, if determined to be pregnant, is entitled to receive needed medical services, as specified. Existing law requires the posting of these rights in a conspicuous place to which all female inmates have access. Additionally, existing law requires pregnant inmates who are transported to a hospital outside the prison for the purpose of childbirth to be transported in the least restrictive way possible and, upon arrival at the hospital, prohibits shackling by the wrists, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for safety, when the inmate is in active labor as determined by the attending physician.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/09/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2530 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2530 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #16 AB2530 Atkins By Liu — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2530 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Mitchell — author (person)
• Skinner — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4910.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-31 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-15 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4785.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6424.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddefbb2f-4ccc-4b68-980a-2264e283e228. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).