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CA AB82

Bill

Status

Passed

10/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Chris Ward

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands California's address confidentiality program to include gender-affirming health care providers, employees, and volunteers who face threats or harassment, allowing them to use a Secretary of State-designated address in public records

  • Prohibits posting personal information or images of gender-affirming health care providers, employees, volunteers, or patients online with intent to incite violence or harassment, with penalties up to $10,000 per violation and imprisonment

  • Bars reporting of testosterone and mifepristone prescriptions to the state's Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), and requires the Department of Justice to remove existing records of these prescriptions by January 1, 2027

  • Expands protections against out-of-state legal actions by redefining "prohibited violation" to include all "legally protected health care activity" (reproductive and gender-affirming care), preventing California courts from issuing warrants, subpoenas, or other legal processes for investigations based on other states' laws

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil actions against anyone who submits false affidavits claiming legal discovery requests are unrelated to protected health care activities, with penalties of $15,000 per violation

Legislative Description

Health care: legally protected health care activity.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2025.

10/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/9/2025
Judiciary7/2/2025
Public Safety6/11/2025
Rules6/3/2025
Appropriations4/30/2025
Judiciary4/23/2025
Public Safety3/28/2025

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