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type: "Bill"
title: "Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Fund."
description: "Existing law establishes the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund, under the administration of the State Department of Public Health's Office of Health Equity, for the purposes of funding grants to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on coordinating trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, or intersex (TGI) . Existing law makes the grants available to TGI-serving organizations, defined as an organization with a mission statement that centers around serving transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex people, and where at least 65% of the clients of the organization are TGI."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2521"
citation: "California AB 2521 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transgender", "Gender Nonconforming", "and Intersex Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e9c76b-59eb-4edb-a941-63d58dc10aff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521"
source_hash: "f3f1391b8a6ebc75b83e49eed2c05266f32ddc5e9b99e9160214771d3d0ac147"
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 2521 (20212022) — Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Fund.
Existing law establishes the Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund, under the administration of the State Department of Public Health's Office of Health Equity, for the purposes of funding grants to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on coordinating trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, or intersex (TGI) . Existing law makes the grants available to TGI-serving organizations, defined as an organization with a mission statement that centers around serving transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex people, and where at least 65% of the clients of the organization are TGI.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252199INT)
2. **04/07/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252198AMD)
3. **05/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252197AMD)
4. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252196AMD)
5. **08/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252195AMD)
6. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252193CHP)
7. **AB2521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521)
8. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2521&version=20210AB252194ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **72** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2521 Santiago et al. By Eggman — **323** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **110** (pass) · lower
- AB 2521 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — **570** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **120** (pass) · lower
- AB 2521 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **600** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Santiago — primary (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4815.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 5056.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 869, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e9c76b-59eb-4edb-a941-63d58dc10aff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).