Existing law declares another state's law authorizing a civil action against a person or entity that receives or seeks, performs or induces, or aids or abets the performance of an abortion, or who attempts or intends to engage in those actions, to be contrary to the public policy of this state, and prohibits the application of that law to a controversy in state court and the enforcement or satisfaction of a civil judgment received under that law.
California SB 487 (20232024) — Abortion: provider protections.
Existing law declares another state's law authorizing a civil action against a person or entity that receives or seeks, performs or induces, or aids or abets the performance of an abortion, or who attempts or intends to engage in those actions, to be contrary to the public policy of this state, and prohibits the application of that law to a controversy in state court and the enforcement or satisfaction of a civil judgment received under that law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 487 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 64–15 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB487 Atkins et al. Concurrence — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Atkins — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Ashby — coauthor (person)
Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-20 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
2023-03-22 Set for hearing March 28.
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 577.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 831.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-25 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1172.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 1261.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-01 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-22 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
2023-06-28 Coauthors revised.
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-11 Coauthors revised.
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 15. Page 3009.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2601.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 261, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0da1906b-3e5c-41e7-b8d7-ba0008d604d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).