republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1356.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reproductive health care services."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from knowingly publicly posting or displaying on the internet the home address or home telephone number of a provider, employee, volunteer, or patient of a reproductive health care services facility, or of persons residing at the same home address as a provider, employee, volunteer, or patient of a reproductive health care services facility, with the intent to incite a 3rd person to cause imminent great bodily harm to the person identified in the posting or display, or to a coresident of that person, if the 3rd person is likely to commit this harm, or to threaten the person identified in the posting or display, or a coresident of that person, in a manner that places the person identified or the coresident in objectively reasonable fear for the person's or coresident's personal safety. Existing law establishes a cause of action for damages and declaratory relief for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1356"
citation: "California AB 1356 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reproductive health care services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d92008e1-3503-4b30-ba97-0c23f46e3d46"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356"
source_hash: "01c478c2fea308a2146a6af0a3d2d503b0e8c78d9b15176b25cfd3280de53a7b"
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 1356 (20212022) — Reproductive health care services.

(1) Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from knowingly publicly posting or displaying on the internet the home address or home telephone number of a provider, employee, volunteer, or patient of a reproductive health care services facility, or of persons residing at the same home address as a provider, employee, volunteer, or patient of a reproductive health care services facility, with the intent to incite a 3rd person to cause imminent great bodily harm to the person identified in the posting or display, or to a coresident of that person, if the 3rd person is likely to commit this harm, or to threaten the person identified in the posting or display, or a coresident of that person, in a manner that places the person identified or the coresident in objectively reasonable fear for the person's or coresident's personal safety. Existing law establishes a cause of action for damages and declaratory relief for violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135699INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135698AMD)
3. **04/19/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135697AMD)
4. **06/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135696AMD)
5. **07/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135695AMD)
6. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135694AMD)
7. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135693AMD)
8. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135691CHP)
9. **AB1356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356)
10. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1356&version=20210AB135692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1356 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **59–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1356 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–18** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1356 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Gonzalez — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** 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`
- **2021-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 1829.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2286.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 2877.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d92008e1-3503-4b30-ba97-0c23f46e3d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).