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type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 154"
citation: "California AB 154 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-01-22"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aac69338-f726-432b-a376-143b12d001f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154"
source_hash: "b5067e3edcf682904db38a1b941acca83368301b5743c9e7aaa18bc59748578f"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15499INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15498AMD)
3. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15497AMD)
4. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15496AMD)
5. **10/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15494CHP)
6. **AB154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154)
7. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB154&version=20130AB15495ENR)
## Votes
- AB 154 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **4925** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **72** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **136** (pass) · lower
- AB 154 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading Amend By WALDRON Set #3 Motion to Lay on the Table By PÉREZ, V.M. — **5225** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB154 Atkins By Jackson — **2511** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **94** (pass) · lower
- AB 154 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **5025** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **82** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aac69338-f726-432b-a376-143b12d001f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).