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Bill	Privacy: health data: location and research.	Existing law prohibits a person or business, as defined, from collecting, using, disclosing, or retaining the personal information of a person who is physically located at, or within a precise geolocation of, a family planning center, as defined, except as necessary to perform the services or provide the goods requested and prohibits a person or business from selling or sharing this personal information. Existing law authorizes an aggrieved person or entity to institute and prosecute a civil action against a person or business for a violation of these provisions and specifies the damages and costs authorized to be recovered.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 45	California AB 45 (20252026)	bill	Privacy healthdata locationandresearch	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	8	33	9	2024-12-02	2025-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/49546084-5463-4429-b841-84e73f5d2ccf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB45	af46843e94f8a1433a21f37787a5e1de18ff92d5c9b5b8d7f00a051ad21aead7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 45 (20252026) — Privacy: health data: location and research.

Existing law prohibits a person or business, as defined, from collecting, using, disclosing, or retaining the personal information of a person who is physically located at, or within a precise geolocation of, a family planning center, as defined, except as necessary to perform the services or provide the goods requested and prohibits a person or business from selling or sharing this personal information. Existing law authorizes an aggrieved person or entity to institute and prosecute a civil action against a person or business for a violation of these provisions and specifies the damages and costs authorized to be recovered.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB45 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 45 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 63–11 (pass) · lower
• AB 45 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB45 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Menjivar — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Ransom — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Wilson — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 2022.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to 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 Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2568.)
• 2025-09-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2990.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 3469.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 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 134, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49546084-5463-4429-b841-84e73f5d2ccf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).