Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a person's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the person. The act defines "abortion" as a medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth. Existing law establishes the Abortion Practical Support Fund, administered by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, for the purpose of providing grants to increase patient access to abortion.
California SB 1142 (20212022) — Abortion services.
Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a person's right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the person. The act defines "abortion" as a medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth. Existing law establishes the Abortion Practical Support Fund, administered by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, for the purpose of providing grants to increase patient access to abortion.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-17 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 6.
2022-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3349.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-08 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3437.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 3785.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3921.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-22 Coauthors revised.
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-08-10 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5324.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 566, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07e4136b-972d-4922-be8f-62a0411aef7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).