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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care: legally protected health care activity."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes reproductive health care service providers, employees, volunteers, and patients, and individuals who face threats of violence or violence or harassment from the public because of their affiliation with a reproductive health care services facility, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Under existing law, any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 82"
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citation: "California AB 82 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Healthcare", "legallyprotectedhealthcareactivity"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-12-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f766472f-481f-477f-8d55-9620f9199a27"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82"
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source_hash: "bd6ea6f456df11eeb59ccb9982105d8fa35c1a26981b921bac5ec69087f6b61f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 82 (20252026) — Health care: legally protected health care activity.
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(1) Existing law authorizes reproductive health care service providers, employees, volunteers, and patients, and individuals who face threats of violence or violence or harassment from the public because of their affiliation with a reproductive health care services facility, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant's residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Under existing law, any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/20/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8299INT)
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2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8298AMD)
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3. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8297AMD)
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4. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8296AMD)
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5. **06/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8295AMD)
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6. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8294AMD)
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7. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8293AMD)
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8. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8292AMD)
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9. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8290CHP)
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10. **AB82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82)
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11. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB82&version=20250AB8291ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB82 Ward et al. By Wiener — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- AB 82 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–12** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 82 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **62–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ward — primary (person)
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- Arreguín — coauthor (person)
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- Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Connolly — coauthor (person)
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- Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Krell — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — coauthor (person)
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- Mark González — coauthor (person)
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- Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Schultz — coauthor (person)
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- Stefani — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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- Zbur — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-20** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2024-12-21** From printer. May be heard in committee January 20.
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- **2025-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** 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`
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- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** 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`
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- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 1896.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2655.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 3212.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f766472f-481f-477f-8d55-9620f9199a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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