California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
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. Existing law makes legislative findings relating to implicit bias and racial disparities in maternal mortality rates. Existing law requires a hospital that provides perinatal care, and an alternative birth center or a primary clinic that provides services as an alternative birth center, to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program, as specified, for all health care providers involved in perinatal care of patients within those facilities. Existing law requires the health care provider to complete initial basic training through the program and a refresher course every 2 years thereafter, or on a more frequent basis if deemed necessary by the facility. Existing law requires the facility to provide a certificate of training completion upon request, to accept certificates of completion from other facilities, and to offer training to physicians not directly employed by the facility. Existing law requires the department to track and publish data on pregnancy-related death and severe maternal morbidity, as specified.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 2319
California AB 2319 (20232024)
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California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act
California AB 2319 (20232024) — California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.
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. Existing law makes legislative findings relating to implicit bias and racial disparities in maternal mortality rates. Existing law requires a hospital that provides perinatal care, and an alternative birth center or a primary clinic that provides services as an alternative birth center, to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program, as specified, for all health care providers involved in perinatal care of patients within those facilities. Existing law requires the health care provider to complete initial basic training through the program and a refresher course every 2 years thereafter, or on a more frequent basis if deemed necessary by the facility. Existing law requires the facility to provide a certificate of training completion upon request, to accept certificates of completion from other facilities, and to offer training to physicians not directly employed by the facility. Existing law requires the department to track and publish data on pregnancy-related death and severe maternal morbidity, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2319 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–9 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2319 Wilson et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — 32–6 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
AB 2319 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 56–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wilson — primary (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Holden — principal coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
Weber — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2024-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5328.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 5. Page 5665.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-06-05 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2024-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2024-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 9.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/864f90c0-9b03-41e2-9d8a-14cd53ab1faa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).