(1) The California Constitution provides for the fundamental rights of privacy and to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person's right to choose or obtain an abortion before the viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. Existing law prohibits conditions or restrictions from being imposed on abortion access for incarcerated persons and committed juveniles. Existing laws requiring parental consent for abortion and making assisting in or advertising abortion a crime have been held to be unconstitutional.
California AB 260 (20252026) — Sexual and reproductive health care.
(1) The California Constitution provides for the fundamental rights of privacy and to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person's right to choose or obtain an abortion before the viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. Existing law prohibits conditions or restrictions from being imposed on abortion access for incarcerated persons and committed juveniles. Existing laws requiring parental consent for abortion and making assisting in or advertising abortion a crime have been held to be unconstitutional.
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.
2025-01-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-01-17 From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
2025-03-17 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. referral-committee
2025-03-17 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
2025-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-04-09 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-29 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 1601.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-28 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. P. & E.D. referral-committee
2025-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-07 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2736.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 3193.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05551943-90f7-4fbd-80f3-26c54f52e01e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).