California · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB54 Access to Safe Abortion Care Act.

Direction

Abortion medication abortionAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Reaffirms legality of mailing, shipping, transporting, and administering mifepristone or any lawful medication abortion drug, and shields providers and individuals from civil, criminal, or disciplinary liability for such actions (including retroactively), so more legal access to medication abortion.

the Legislature reaffirms that it has been, and shall continue to be, lawful to cause the delivery of, or mail, ship, take, receive, or otherwise transport, into California from out of state or within the boundaries of California, any drug, medicine, or instrument that can be designed or adapted to produce an abortion that is lawful in the State of California.

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Stage: Passed one chamber · step 3 of 6

Last action: 2026-08-30: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McNerney.
Filed: 2024-12-02
Sponsor: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry D, Maggy Krell D + 13 cosponsors (13 D)

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses medication abortion by making legislative findings on its safety and efficacy, reaffirming the legality of transporting and using mifepristone and other lawful medication abortion drugs, and providing liability protections for related conduct (with retroactive application). These provisions expand legal access to and protections for medication abortion in response to post-Dobbs threats. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

Related bills

AB2540 Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.Expands abortion access No change to abortion access Law
AB551 Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness Program.Expands abortion access Expands abortion access Failed
AB50 Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.Expands abortion access No change to abortion access Law
AB260 Sexual and reproductive health care.Expands abortion access Expands abortion access Law

Hearings and calendar

2025-04-08 13:30 · Hearing · Assembly Health Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 1100
2025-04-29 08:00 · Hearing · Assembly Judiciary Hearing State Capitol, Room 437
2025-05-07 09:00 · Hearing · Assembly Appropriations Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 1100
2025-06-11 13:30 · Hearing · Senate Health Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 1200
2025-06-25 13:30 · Hearing · Senate Health Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 1200
2025-07-15 09:30 · Hearing · Senate Judiciary Hearing State Capitol, Room 112
2025-08-18 10:00 · Hearing · Senate Appropriations Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 2200

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2025-04-08	A	Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]	12-0	Passed
2025-04-29	A	Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]	8-1	Passed
2025-05-07	A	Do pass	11-1	Passed
2025-05-12	A	AB 54 Krell Assembly Third Reading	61-10	Passed
2025-06-25	S	Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]	9-1	Passed
2025-07-15	S	Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]	11-0	Passed

Text versions

Introduced 2024-12-02
Amended 2025-03-17
Amended 2025-07-01

History (25 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-08-30	S	Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McNerney.
2026-08-25	S	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-24	S	Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-24	S	From inactive file.
2025-09-10	S	Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.
2025-08-20	S	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19	S	From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-07-16	S	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-01	S	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-30	S	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 25).
2025-06-11	S	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-21	S	Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
2025-05-13	S	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-12	A	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1517.)
2025-05-08	A	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-07	A	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 7).
2025-04-30	A	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30	A	Coauthors revised.
2025-04-09	A	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-09	A	Coauthors revised.
2025-03-18	A	Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-03-17	A	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17	A	Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
2024-12-03	A	From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02	A	Read first time. To print.