republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion: provider protections."
description: "Existing law declares another state's law authorizing a civil action against a person or entity that receives or seeks, performs or induces, or aids or abets the performance of an abortion, or who attempts or intends to engage in those actions, to be contrary to the public policy of this state, and prohibits the application of that law to a controversy in state court and the enforcement or satisfaction of a civil judgment received under that law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 487"
citation: "California SB 487 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "provider protections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da1906b-3e5c-41e7-b8d7-ba0008d604d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487"
source_hash: "c986bbb352c0be97bd7fd3c535d5de7eb3c09f6cd2c9fa13603fb1532c87e64e"
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 SB 487 (20232024) — Abortion: provider protections.

Existing law declares another state's law authorizing a civil action against a person or entity that receives or seeks, performs or induces, or aids or abets the performance of an abortion, or who attempts or intends to engage in those actions, to be contrary to the public policy of this state, and prohibits the application of that law to a controversy in state court and the enforcement or satisfaction of a civil judgment received under that law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48799INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48798AMD)
3. **04/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48797AMD)
4. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48796AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48795AMD)
6. **09/27/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48793CHP)
7. **SB487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487)
8. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB487&version=20230SB48794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB487 Atkins et al. — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 487 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **64–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB487 Atkins et al. Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 577.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 831.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1172.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 1261.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 15. Page 3009.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2601.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 261, 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/0da1906b-3e5c-41e7-b8d7-ba0008d604d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).