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Bill	Alternative birth centers: licensing and Medi-Cal reimbursement.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various types of clinics, including alternative birth centers, by the State Department of Public Health, and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. Existing law defines an alternative birth center as a clinic that is not part of a hospital and that provides comprehensive perinatal services and delivery care to pregnant women who remain less than 24 hours at the facility. Existing law requires a licensed alternative birth center specialty clinic, and a licensed primary care clinic that provides services as an alternative birth center, to meet certain criteria, including, among others, being located in proximity to a facility with the capacity for management of obstetrical and neonatal emergencies, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 55	California AB 55 (20252026)	bill	Alternativebirthcenters licensingandMedi-Calreimbursement	enacted	Bonta	8	26	8	2024-12-02	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/1a60c1cb-8784-4188-bb25-86e9b6b8d25b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55	9311b7ed8be3e1a52424392cabcfb4a0464ddb9ec3a7c0c15044db593f5580b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 55 (20252026) — Alternative birth centers: licensing and Medi-Cal reimbursement.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various types of clinics, including alternative birth centers, by the State Department of Public Health, and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. Existing law defines an alternative birth center as a clinic that is not part of a hospital and that provides comprehensive perinatal services and delivery care to pregnant women who remain less than 24 hours at the facility. Existing law requires a licensed alternative birth center specialty clinic, and a licensed primary care clinic that provides services as an alternative birth center, to meet certain criteria, including, among others, being located in proximity to a facility with the capacity for management of obstetrical and neonatal emergencies, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/25/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB55 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB55 Bonta et al. By Caballero — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 55 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 55 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• McGuire — 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.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 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
• 2025-02-26 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1317.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-05-29 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: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3099.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a60c1cb-8784-4188-bb25-86e9b6b8d25b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).