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type: "Bill"
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title: "Change of gender and sex identifier."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a person to file a petition with the superior court seeking a judgment recognizing their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary, including a person who is under 18 years of age. The judgment may include an order for a new birth certificate, and the new birth certificate is required to include the change of gender and any name change specified in the court order. Existing law also authorizes a procedure for a person born in this state to obtain a new birth certificate directly from the State Registrar to reflect their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary without a court order. Existing law prohibits a new birth certificate issued under these provisions from indicating that it is not the original birth certificate and requires a local registrar or the county recorder to either forward a copy of the original birth certificate to the State Registrar or seal a cover over the copy of the original birth certificate, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 218"
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citation: "California AB 218 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Change of gender and sex identifier."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ad7f5e-7b61-49e7-9ad2-9c910317fdf6"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218"
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source_hash: "c33be279bca16517da9c29a16e43ee4fcfb47f9425f545157650e0e13481ff28"
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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 AB 218 (20212022) — Change of gender and sex identifier.
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(1) Existing law authorizes a person to file a petition with the superior court seeking a judgment recognizing their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary, including a person who is under 18 years of age. The judgment may include an order for a new birth certificate, and the new birth certificate is required to include the change of gender and any name change specified in the court order. Existing law also authorizes a procedure for a person born in this state to obtain a new birth certificate directly from the State Registrar to reflect their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary without a court order. Existing law prohibits a new birth certificate issued under these provisions from indicating that it is not the original birth certificate and requires a local registrar or the county recorder to either forward a copy of the original birth certificate to the State Registrar or seal a cover over the copy of the original birth certificate, as specified.
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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. **01/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21899INT)
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2. **03/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21898AMD)
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3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21897AMD)
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4. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21896AMD)
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5. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21895AMD)
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6. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21893CHP)
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7. **AB218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218)
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8. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB218&version=20210AB21894ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB218 Ward et al. By Rubio — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 218 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 218 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **60–15** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ward — primary (person)
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- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 1750.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 1715.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2532.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 2968.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2021. `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/d7ad7f5e-7b61-49e7-9ad2-9c910317fdf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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