republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2527.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incarceration: pregnant persons."
description: "Existing law requires an incarcerated person in a state prison or county jail who is identified as possibly pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant during an intake health examination or at any time during incarceration to be offered a pregnancy test upon intake or request. Existing law requires an incarcerated person who is confirmed to be pregnant to be scheduled for pregnancy examination with a physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant within 7 days. Existing law requires incarcerated pregnant persons to be provided with access to, among other things, prenatal vitamins. Existing law prohibits incarcerated pregnant persons from being tased, pepper sprayed, or exposed to other chemical weapons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2527"
citation: "California AB 2527 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Incarceration", "pregnant persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aea161d8-729f-4fc3-86d3-470305a0cbed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527"
source_hash: "27f6c5a4689474dfea98f6a4357c78345a78b7c5dcb87bcf217043f9ef0c57df"
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 2527 (20232024) — Incarceration: pregnant persons.

Existing law requires an incarcerated person in a state prison or county jail who is identified as possibly pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant during an intake health examination or at any time during incarceration to be offered a pregnancy test upon intake or request. Existing law requires an incarcerated person who is confirmed to be pregnant to be scheduled for pregnancy examination with a physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant within 7 days. Existing law requires incarcerated pregnant persons to be provided with access to, among other things, prenatal vitamins. Existing law prohibits incarcerated pregnant persons from being tased, pepper sprayed, or exposed to other chemical weapons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252799INT)
2. **03/12/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252798AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252797AMD)
4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252796AMD)
5. **08/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252795AMD)
6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252793CHP)
7. **AB2527** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527)
8. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2527&version=20230AB252794ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2527 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2527 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2527 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** 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`
- **2024-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 2. Page 5603.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 722, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aea161d8-729f-4fc3-86d3-470305a0cbed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).