republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1701.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Black infant health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1701"
citation: "California AB 1701 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Black infant health", "California Perinatal Equity Initiative"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be12715a-0f48-4038-915f-be4c0eb654c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701"
source_hash: "29b8ecbc3ccde9c0f5d57c2d87d9663173ade9e69fbae99b147a7437b43ada38"
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 1701 (20232024) — Black infant health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701&version=20230AB170199INT)
2. **06/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701&version=20230AB170198AMD)
3. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701&version=20230AB170197AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701&version=20230AB170195CHP)
5. **AB1701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701)
6. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1701&version=20230AB170196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1701 Weber et al. By Gonzalez — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1701 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1701 Weber Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-04-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1271.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2136.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2788.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 174, 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/be12715a-0f48-4038-915f-be4c0eb654c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).