CA AB1356

Expands prohibition on posting personal information or images of reproductive health care patients, providers, and assistants online to include intent to incite harm or threaten, and creates civil liability with damages up to three times actual damages (minimum $4,000).

Increases criminal penalties for posting personal information with intent to facilitate violence from misdemeanor with up to 6 months jail to up to one year jail and $10,000 fine, with penalties up to $50,000 if bodily injury results.

Creates new crimes for videotaping or photographing reproductive health services patients, providers, or assistants within 100 feet of a facility entrance without consent with intent to intimidate, and for disclosing such recordings with intent to intimidate.

Requires local law enforcement agencies to develop written policies for responding to anti-reproductive-rights crime calls by January 1, 2023, and to report arrest and case charging data annually to the Attorney General.

Requires Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to develop and update an interactive training course on anti-reproductive-rights crimes every seven years and make it available to all California law enforcement agencies.