Existing law requires each live birth to be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths for the district in which the birth occurred, and prescribes specified information to be listed on a certificate of live birth, including the full name and sex of the child and the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of each parent. Existing law requires, in addition to the information mentioned above, the certificate of live birth to contain specified medical and social information, including, among other things, race and ethnicity of the mother and any other parent, and requires that information to be kept confidential.
California SB 313 (20252026) — Vital records: birth certificates.
Existing law requires each live birth to be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths for the district in which the birth occurred, and prescribes specified information to be listed on a certificate of live birth, including the full name and sex of the child and the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of each parent. Existing law requires, in addition to the information mentioned above, the certificate of live birth to contain specified medical and social information, including, among other things, race and ethnicity of the mother and any other parent, and requires that information to be kept confidential.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB313 Cervantes et al. Concurrence — 29–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cervantes — primary (person)
Arreguín — coauthor (person)
Harabedian — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-19 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-17 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 868.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 939.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-06 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1195.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1392.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-09 Coauthors revised.
2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3173.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 669, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d917fc3-47c3-409d-818d-16293ac04264. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).