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 AB-1487 Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 10/14/2025 02:00 PM

AB1487:v94#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Assembly Bill

 No. 1487

 CHAPTER 732

An act to amend Sections 120956 and 150900 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. 

 [
 Approved by

 Governor
 October 13, 2025.

 Filed with

 Secretary of State
 October 13, 2025.
 ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1487, Addis.
 Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.

Existing law establishes the Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund under the administration of the State Department of Public Health, for purposes of funding grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to create programs, or funding existing programs, focused on coordinating trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, or intersex (TGI). Existing law makes the grants available to TGI-serving organizations, as specified. Existing law defines terms, including “health care” and “gender nonconforming,” for purposes of these provisions.

This bill would rename the fund as the Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (2TGI) Wellness and Equity
 Fund and would make a conforming change to a related provision. The bill would expand the availability of grant funds to 2TGI-serving organizations, as defined, for purposes of providing workforce development training for 2TGI individuals, resettlement and social integration programs for 2TGI asylees and immigrants, and diversion programs for, and outreach to, transitional-age 2TGI youth. Under the bill, an organization that serves tribal populations would also be eligible for a grant for any of the specified purposes if that organization applies in partnership with a 2TGI-serving organization.

The bill would revise the definition of “health care” to include mental health services and would define “Two-Spirit” and “transitional-age 2TGI youth” for purposes of these provisions. The bill would make related legislative findings.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The term “Two-Spirit” was first adopted in 1990 at the Third Annual Intertribal Native American/First Nations Gay and Lesbian Conference near Winnipeg, Canada, as a translation of the Anishinaabe term niizh manidoowag (“two spirits”). The term was intended to serve as a unifying, pan-Indigenous expression to describe Native people who embody diverse gender roles, identities, and spiritual responsibilities that have existed since time immemorial.

(2) The Legislature recognizes that while the identity “Two-Spirit” is not an identity that non-Indigenous people can adopt or claim, it is also not a term that applies to all Native American or Indigenous peoples. Many tribal nations have their own traditional words, teachings, and understandings to describe the sacred roles of individuals who carry both masculine and feminine spirits, or otherwise hold gender and spiritual identities that exist outside of Western constructs. These terms are specific to each tribe’s language, culture, and history, and may or may not align with the use of “Two-Spirit.”

(3) The Legislature further acknowledges that while some Two-Spirit people identify as part of the broader LGBTQ+ community, others do not. For many, the identity of being Two-Spirit has nothing to do with their sexual orientation or gender identity, but exists in cultural and
 spiritual traditions. The Two-Spirit role often encompasses ceremonial responsibilities, community leadership, and spiritual purpose that are distinct from Western frameworks of LGBTQ+ identity.

(4) The erasure of Two-Spirit and tribal-specific identities was a direct result of colonization, forced assimilation, and the imposit