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 02/21/25 - Introduced

 AB-1500 Sexual and reproductive health information.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 03/28/2025 09:00 PM

AB1500:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 28, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1500

Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo

February 21, 2025

 An act relating to reproductive health care. to amend Section 123430 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to sexual and reproductive health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1500, as amended, Schiavo.
 Awareness campaign: abortion services. Sexual and reproductive health information.

Under the California Constitution, the state is prohibited from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, including their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. 

Existing law requires the California Health and Human Services Agency, or an entity designated by the agency, to establish an internet website where the public
 can find information on abortion services in the state. Existing law requires the internet website to include specified information and resources, including, among other things, the location of abortion providers and practical support services, as specified, to help a person access and obtain an abortion. Existing law requires the internet website to be updated every 6 months. 

This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to partner with an organization, as specified, to update and maintain the above-described internet website. The bill would require the internet website to include additional information on sexual and reproductive health, including, among others, sexual and reproductive health information historically relied on and made available on federal internet websites, as specified. The bill would require the organization to recruit, form, and consult with a stakeholder workgroup and community workgroup, as specified, to determine and update
 the information and resources posted on the internet website. The bill would require the organization, in consultation with those workgroups, to review the information and resources on the internet website to ensure that it is current and updated at reasonable intervals, but no less than once every 3 months. The bill would require the department to ensure public awareness of the internet website, as specified. The bill would require the department to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on an annual basis that includes, at a minimum, information about the internet website’s reach and impact. The bill would make related findings and declarations. 

Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to oversee and administer various health programs. Existing law establishes the California Reproductive Health Equity Program within the department to ensure abortion and contraception services are affordable for and accessible to all patients and to provide financial support for safety net providers of these services.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to an awareness campaign on abortion services within the state.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Abortion misinformation and disinformation have surged since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

(b) In response to Roe v. Wade being overturned, California established Abortion.CA.Gov to ensure people across the state and country have accurate and comprehensive information when accessing abortion services in
 California.

(c) According to the 2024 Kaiser Family Foundation Women’s Health Survey, less than one-half of reproductive age women, 18 to 49 years of age, inclusive, in the United States are aware of the current abortion policy in their state. Even in