republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-154.md

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Bill	Abortion.	Existing law makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, or both, for a person to perform or assist in performing a surgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon, or to assist in performing a surgical abortion without a valid license or certificate obtained in accordance with some other law that authorizes him or her to perform the functions necessary to assist in performing a surgical abortion. Existing law also makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, or both, for a person to perform or assist in performing a nonsurgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon or does not have a valid license or certificate obtained in accordance with some other law authorizing him or her to perform or assist in performing the functions necessary for a nonsurgical abortion. Under existing law, nonsurgical abortion includes termination of pregnancy through the use of pharmacological agents.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 154	California AB 154 (20132014)	bill	Abortion.	enacted	Atkins	7	27	10	2013-01-22	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/aac69338-f726-432b-a376-143b12d001f5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154	b5067e3edcf682904db38a1b941acca83368301b5743c9e7aaa18bc59748578f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 154 (20132014) — Abortion.

Existing law makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, or both, for a person to perform or assist in performing a surgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon, or to assist in performing a surgical abortion without a valid license or certificate obtained in accordance with some other law that authorizes him or her to perform the functions necessary to assist in performing a surgical abortion. Existing law also makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, or both, for a person to perform or assist in performing a nonsurgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon or does not have a valid license or certificate obtained in accordance with some other law authorizing him or her to perform or assist in performing the functions necessary for a nonsurgical abortion. Under existing law, nonsurgical abortion includes termination of pregnancy through the use of pharmacological agents.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB154 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 154 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
• AB 154 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading Amend By WALDRON Set #3 Motion to Lay on the Table By PÉREZ, V.M. — 52–25 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB154 Atkins By Jackson — 25–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — 9–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 154 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — 50–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health. — 8–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
• Mitchell — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
• 2013-03-19 Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-05-15 In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 1664.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 1976.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 2765.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aac69338-f726-432b-a376-143b12d001f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).