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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vital records: birth certificates."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 313"
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citation: "California SB 313 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vitalrecords", "birthcertificates"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-10"
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last_action: "2025-10-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d917fc3-47c3-409d-818d-16293ac04264"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313"
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source_hash: "21565d3f86c219b26ca6d911e92e3aef2588eab9feb7a5853e0f922ec25b97ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 313 (20252026) — Vital records: birth certificates.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31399INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31398AMD)
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3. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31397AMD)
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4. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31396AMD)
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5. **10/12/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31394CHP)
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6. **SB313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313)
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7. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB313&version=20250SB31395ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 313 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **59–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB313 Cervantes et al. — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB313 Cervantes et al. Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cervantes — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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- Harabedian — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
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- Zbur — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-06** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1195.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1392.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-07-09** Coauthors revised.
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- **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`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3173.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 669, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d917fc3-47c3-409d-818d-16293ac04264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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