republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1726.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records: confidentiality."
description: "Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth and fetal death. Existing law requires the 2nd section of the certificate of live birth, which contains specified information, including birth weight and race and ethnicity of the mother and father, the electronic file of birth information and the birth mother linkage information listed on the certificate of live birth, and the 2nd section of the certificate of fetal death to be kept confidential. Existing law requires access to the confidential portion of any certificate of live birth or fetal death, the electronic file of birth information, or the birth mother linkage information collected under the provisions described above to be limited to certain individuals, including State Department of Public Health staff and the county coroner. Existing law requires the State Registrar to maintain an accurate record of all persons who are given access to the confidential portion of the certificates, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1726"
citation: "California AB 1726 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vital records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-20"
last_action: "2017-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96a9474-a9ba-460c-94bc-7ca696edaade"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726"
source_hash: "5c5479c7c31243a42e276cfb5e739dfbee295277ffd65d8e57bd0d11a0264bdd"
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 1726 (20172018) — Vital records: confidentiality.

Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth and fetal death. Existing law requires the 2nd section of the certificate of live birth, which contains specified information, including birth weight and race and ethnicity of the mother and father, the electronic file of birth information and the birth mother linkage information listed on the certificate of live birth, and the 2nd section of the certificate of fetal death to be kept confidential. Existing law requires access to the confidential portion of any certificate of live birth or fetal death, the electronic file of birth information, or the birth mother linkage information collected under the provisions described above to be limited to certain individuals, including State Department of Public Health staff and the county coroner. Existing law requires the State Registrar to maintain an accurate record of all persons who are given access to the confidential portion of the certificates, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726&version=20170AB172699INT)
2. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726&version=20170AB172698AMD)
3. **07/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726&version=20170AB172697AMD)
4. **09/01/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726&version=20170AB172695CHP)
5. **AB1726** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726)
6. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1726&version=20170AB172696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1726 HEALTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1726 HEALTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WOOD — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1726 HEALTH (Wood) By Hernandez — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** From printer. May be heard in committee April 20.
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1486.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2177.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2758.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 215, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96a9474-a9ba-460c-94bc-7ca696edaade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).