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California AB1930: Abortion or gender-affirming health care services: subpoenas, discovery requests, or other requests for information.

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  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Assembly
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To Governor
  5. Became Law

Overview

AB1930 protects California residents from out-of-state subpoenas and discovery requests seeking information about abortion or gender-affirming health care services they received in California. This blocks other states from compelling disclosure of medical records related to these procedures.

Law Today

California law currently recognizes reproductive health care services, gender-affirming health care services, and gender-affirming mental health care services as rights secured by the California Constitution and laws, and prohibits health care providers and state agencies from releasing medical information or cooperating with out-of-state investigations regarding these legally protected services.

If Passed

This bill requires any California-based person or entity that receives a subpoena, discovery request, or legal process from another state or federal agency seeking information about abortion or gender-affirming health care services to notify California's Attorney General at least 7 business days before providing records, giving the state time to intervene. The bill blocks such requests from being answered until after the Attorney General is notified, unless federal law requires a faster response. Christian families in California would see the state inserting itself as a protective intermediary between their children's medical records and out-of-state investigations, which could affect parental authority over decisions regarding their own care or their minor children's medical choices.

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Should I support this?

  1. Strongly Oppose
  2. Likely Oppose
  3. This billNeutral
  4. Likely Support
  5. Strongly Support

Neutral

For Christian parents, this bill presents a genuine conflict: it restricts state power to investigate lawful conduct (which aligns with limiting government overreach) but simultaneously insulates abortion and gender-affirming care—including for minors—from parental awareness and may interfere with a parent's ability to know what medical decisions their own child has made. The interposition of the Attorney General between families and legal process is double-edged depending on one's view of parental rights versus state protection of minors' autonomy.

AI assessment using F3’s editorial criteria — faith, family, and freedom. This is F3’s policy judgment; verify the provisions in the official bill text.

Likely supporters & opponents

Likely support

  • LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations and gender-affirming medical associations — The law protects vulnerable patients, particularly minors, from being targeted by hostile out-of-state investigations and preserves access to lawful medical care in California without fear of prosecution elsewhere.
  • Civil-liberties and abortion-rights organizations — The bill shields individuals and providers from extraterritorial legal harassment and upholds California's sovereign right to define and protect health care as a matter of state policy.

Likely opposition

  • Law-enforcement and prosecutors' associations (including federal prosecutors) — The notice requirement and delay impede legitimate criminal investigations into potentially unlawful conduct and complicate interstate cooperation on serious crimes.
  • Pro-life organizations and religious-liberty groups — The law prioritizes shielding abortion and gender-affirming services from legal scrutiny over parental notification and involvement in their minor children's medical decisions.

AI-inferred typical positions based on the bill’s substance — general stakeholder categories, not confirmed endorsements.

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Official summary

An act to amend Section 1798.300 of, and to add Section 1798.309 to, the Civil Code, relating to civil law.

Sponsors

  • Rick Zbur (D)
  • John Harabedian (D)
  • Nick Schultz (D)
  • LaShae Sharp-Collins (D)

Status timeline

  1. 2026-09-26Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2026.
  2. 2026-09-26Approved by the Governor.
  3. 2026-09-04Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  4. 2026-08-27Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 6695.).A
  5. 2026-08-27In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.A
  6. 2026-08-26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.).S
  7. 2026-08-19Read second time. Ordered to third reading.S
  8. 2026-08-18Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.S
  9. 2026-08-13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.S
  10. 2026-08-13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).S
  11. 2026-08-03In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.S
  12. 2026-07-02Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.S
  13. 2026-07-01From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 30).S
  14. 2026-06-24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.S
  15. 2026-06-10Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.S
  16. 2026-05-28In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.S
  17. 2026-05-27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 17.)A
  18. 2026-05-21Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5242.)A
  19. 2026-05-18Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5142.)A
  20. 2026-05-18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.A
  21. 2026-05-14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).A
  22. 2026-05-06In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.A
  23. 2026-04-22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.A
  24. 2026-04-22Coauthors revised.A
  25. 2026-04-08From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.A
  26. 2026-03-23Re-referred to Com. on JUD.A
  27. 2026-03-19From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.A
  28. 2026-03-19Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.A
  29. 2026-02-14From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.A
  30. 2026-02-13Read first time. To print.A

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