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Bill	County jails: prisons: incarcerated pregnant persons.	(1) Existing law establishes the state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Under existing law, a female prisoner has the right to summon and receive the services of any physician and surgeon to determine whether they are pregnant. If the prisoner is found to be pregnant, existing law entitles the prisoner to services from the physician and surgeon of the prisoner's choice. Existing law prohibits an inmate known to be pregnant or in recovery after delivery from being restrained by the use of leg irons, waist chains, or handcuffs behind the body and prohibits restraints by the wrist, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for safety purposes, during labor, delivery, and recovery. Existing law requires an incarcerated person in state prison who menstruates to have access to materials necessary for personal hygiene with regard to their menstrual cycle and reproductive system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 732	California AB 732 (20192020)	bill	County jails: prisons: incarcerated pregnant persons.	enacted	Bonta	9	28	8	2019-02-19	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8723feed-8a45-43ca-9880-8894e220d589	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB732	2436673fbe8592dea859f4530cea3b9f0731deb7296f50f920679bb354757fe9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 732 (20192020) — County jails: prisons: incarcerated pregnant persons.

(1) Existing law establishes the state prisons under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Under existing law, a female prisoner has the right to summon and receive the services of any physician and surgeon to determine whether they are pregnant. If the prisoner is found to be pregnant, existing law entitles the prisoner to services from the physician and surgeon of the prisoner's choice. Existing law prohibits an inmate known to be pregnant or in recovery after delivery from being restrained by the use of leg irons, waist chains, or handcuffs behind the body and prohibits restraints by the wrist, ankles, or both, unless deemed necessary for safety purposes, during labor, delivery, and recovery. Existing law requires an incarcerated person in state prison who menstruates to have access to materials necessary for personal hygiene with regard to their menstrual cycle and reproductive system.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/23/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/21/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/27/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB732 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 732 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 732 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB732 Bonta et al. By Mitchell — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Mitchell — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-01-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3893.)
• 2020-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 3903.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2020-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-07-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4432.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5358.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 321, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8723feed-8a45-43ca-9880-8894e220d589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).