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California SB 179 (20172018) — Gender identity: female, male, or nonbinary.

(1) Existing law authorizes a person who was born in this state and who has undergone clinically appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition to obtain a new birth certificate from the State Registrar.

Version chain

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

1. 01/24/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/29/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB179 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/18/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB179 Atkins et al. — 26–12 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB179 Atkins et al. Concurrence — 26–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 179 Atkins Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — 57–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Bocanegra — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
• De León — principal coauthor (person)
• Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
• Gloria — principal coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Lara — principal coauthor (person)
• Low — principal coauthor (person)
• Mark Stone — principal coauthor (person)
• Medina — coauthor (person)
• Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)
• Monning — principal coauthor (person)
• O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
• Ting — principal coauthor (person)
• Wiener — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2017-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 627.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 851.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1314.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2017-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-11 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 3261.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2923.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 853, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e334625-41b3-41e6-985c-b16dd5e8909f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).