CA AB55 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 55

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Passed on October 11 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 1204.3 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 14148.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to alternative birth centers.

Title

Alternative birth centers: licensing and Medi-Cal reimbursement.

Roll Calls

2025-09-09 - Assembly - AB 55 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 80 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-09-08 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB55 Bonta et al. By Caballero (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-30 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-11 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-28 - Assembly - AB 55 Bonta Assembly Third Reading (Y: 75 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-08 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-11		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-11		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-16		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09	Assembly	Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3099.).
2025-09-08	Assembly	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08	Senate	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.).
2025-09-03	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02	Senate	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-06-30	Senate	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-12	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-29	Senate	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-05-07	Senate	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-29	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-28	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1317.)
2025-04-24	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).
2025-04-21	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-10	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2025-04-09	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-02-26	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-25	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-02-03	Assembly	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2024-12-03	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2024-12-02	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health and Safety Code	1204.3	Amended Code	Citation Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	14148.8	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55#96AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55#95AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55#94ENR
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55#93CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB55