California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to maintain a program of maternal and child health, which may include, among other things, facilitating services directed toward reducing infant mortality and improving the health of mothers and children. Existing law requires the Office of Health Equity within the department to serve as a resource for ensuring that programs collect and keep data and information regarding ethnic and racial health statistics, and strategies and programs that address multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant and maternal mortality.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 464
California SB 464 (20192020)
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California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
California SB 464 (20192020) — California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to maintain a program of maternal and child health, which may include, among other things, facilitating services directed toward reducing infant mortality and improving the health of mothers and children. Existing law requires the Office of Health Equity within the department to serve as a resource for ensuring that programs collect and keep data and information regarding ethnic and racial health statistics, and strategies and programs that address multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant and maternal mortality.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB464 Mitchell et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-03-26 Set for hearing April 10.
2019-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 715.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-18 Set for hearing April 29.
2019-04-29 April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1100.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1211.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3183.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-10 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2786.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 533, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/245595b0-97a6-4be4-b751-b59f4d83f3dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).