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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reproductive FACT Act."
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description: "Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, provides that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to reproductive decisions. Existing law provides that the state shall not deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, as defined, or when necessary to protect her life or health. Existing law specifies the circumstances under which the performance of an abortion is deemed unauthorized."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 775"
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citation: "California AB 775 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Reproductive FACT Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-25"
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last_action: "2015-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a88f8e12-b8b6-4f5a-8b68-3431ebe73633"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775"
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source_hash: "30b1b7cb494aedc1fa32102da56419454e2fd04131521dd9da6e50a3de51cd2a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 775 (20152016) — Reproductive FACT Act.
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Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, provides that every individual possesses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to reproductive decisions. Existing law provides that the state shall not deny or interfere with a woman's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, as defined, or when necessary to protect her life or health. Existing law specifies the circumstances under which the performance of an abortion is deemed unauthorized.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77599INT)
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2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77598AMD)
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3. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77597AMD)
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4. **04/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77596AMD)
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5. **05/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77595AMD)
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6. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77593CHP)
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7. **AB775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775)
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8. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB775&version=20150AB77594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB775 Chiu By Jackson — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **6–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 775 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **49–26** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chiu — primary (person)
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- Atkins — coauthor (person)
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- Burke — author (person)
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- Rendon — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
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- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2015-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2015-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 1582.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2469.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 700, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a88f8e12-b8b6-4f5a-8b68-3431ebe73633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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