republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2426.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surrogacy facilitators."
description: "Existing law defines \"assisted reproduction\" as conception by any means other than sexual intercourse, and \"assisted reproduction agreement\" as a written contract that includes a person who intends to be the legal parent of a child or children born through assisted reproduction and that defines the terms of the relationship between the parties to the contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2426"
citation: "California AB 2426 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surrogacy facilitators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d32a05e-12cb-45b3-b6f1-76cd5b4db4a7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426"
source_hash: "470fa1ed30cb02d8a804681e1b6b16f4aa08e1e650b9fa6490a4200be7dd6d85"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2426 (20092010) — Surrogacy facilitators.

Existing law defines "assisted reproduction" as conception by any means other than sexual intercourse, and "assisted reproduction agreement" as a written contract that includes a person who intends to be the legal parent of a child or children born through assisted reproduction and that defines the terms of the relationship between the parties to the contract.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242699INT)
2. **04/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242698AMD)
3. **05/10/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242697AMD)
4. **06/29/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242696AMD)
5. **08/13/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242694CHP)
6. **AB2426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426)
7. **08/04/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2426&version=20090AB242695ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2426 Bradford By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2426 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2426 BRADFORD Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5163.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 4198.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5999.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2010-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d32a05e-12cb-45b3-b6f1-76cd5b4db4a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).