Existing law requires a person who is incarcerated in state prison or confined in a local detention facility, or a state or local juvenile facility, and who menstruates or experiences uterine or vaginal bleeding to, upon request, have access to, be allowed to use, and continue to use materials necessary for personal hygiene with regard to their menstrual cycle and reproductive system, including, but not limited to, sanitary pads and tampons.
California AB 1810 (20232024) — Incarcerated persons: menstrual products.
Existing law requires a person who is incarcerated in state prison or confined in a local detention facility, or a state or local juvenile facility, and who menstruates or experiences uterine or vaginal bleeding to, upon request, have access to, be allowed to use, and continue to use materials necessary for personal hygiene with regard to their menstrual cycle and reproductive system, including, but not limited to, sanitary pads and tampons.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1810 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1810 Bryan et al. By Skinner — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1810 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bryan — primary (person)
Bonta — author (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Reyes — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2024-01-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-02-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-02-22 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-02-27 Coauthors revised.
2024-02-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-03-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5393.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5203.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 6422.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 939, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45138e2-e659-45ee-a901-e2d960c061ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).