republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Privacy Rights Act of 2020: exemptions: abortion services."
description: "Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to require the business to delete personal information about the consumer, as specified, unless those obligations restrict a business's ability to, among other things, comply with federal, state, or local laws or comply with a court order or subpoena to provide information, or cooperate with a government agency request for emergency access to a consumer's personal information if a natural person is at risk or danger of death or serious physical injury, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1194"
citation: "California AB 1194 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Privacy Rights Act of 2020", "abortion services", "exemptions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy Carrillo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe8602fd-2469-4cc6-96c0-11963056aac4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194"
source_hash: "64cb0fe40fc65b15421b3b68206fcb3a5376f6ed1ee46677dd50354e158cf25d"
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 1194 (20232024) — California Privacy Rights Act of 2020: exemptions: abortion services.

Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to require the business to delete personal information about the consumer, as specified, unless those obligations restrict a business's ability to, among other things, comply with federal, state, or local laws or comply with a court order or subpoena to provide information, or cooperate with a government agency request for emergency access to a consumer's personal information if a natural person is at risk or danger of death or serious physical injury, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194&version=20230AB119499INT)
2. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194&version=20230AB119498AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194&version=20230AB119496CHP)
4. **AB1194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194)
5. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1194&version=20230AB119497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1194 Wendy Carrillo et al By Menjivar — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1194 Wendy Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **64–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1194 Wendy Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy Carrillo — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 1696.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2647.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 3410.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 567, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe8602fd-2469-4cc6-96c0-11963056aac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).