What AB 2624 does
An act to add Chapter 3.26 (commencing with Section 6218.10) to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to privacy.
Existing law authorizes designated health care services providers, employees, volunteers, and patients, and individuals who face threats of violence or violence or harassment from the public because of their affiliation with a designated health care services facility, to complete an application to be approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of enabling state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing a program participant’s residence address contained in any public record and otherwise provide for confidentiality of identity for that person, subject to specified conditions. Existing law defines “designated health care services” to mean gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services. Under existing law, any person who makes a false statement in an application is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Existing law prohibits a person, business, or association from knowingly publicly posting or publicly displaying, disclosing, or distributing on internet websites or on social media, the personal information or image of any designated health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address, with the intent to incite a third person to cause imminent great bodily harm to the person identified in the posting or display, or to a coresident of that person, as specified, or to threaten the person identified in the posting or display, or a coresident of that person, as specified. Existing law additionally prohibits a person, business, or association from soliciting, selling, or trading on the internet or social media the personal information or image of a designated health care services patient, provider, or assistant with the intent described above. Existing law establishes a cause of action for injunctive or declarative relief for a violation of these prohibitions.
Existing law prohibits a person from posting on the internet or social media, with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against a designated health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address, the personal information or image of a reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address.
This bill would, commencing October 1, 2027, similarly establish an address confidentiality program for a designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer, as defined, who faces threats of violence or harassment from the public because of their affiliation with a designated immigration support services facility. This bill would additionally prohibit a person, business, or association from soliciting, selling, or trading on the internet the personal information or image of a designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer with the intent described above. The bill would also, among other things, prohibit a person from posting on the internet the personal information or image of a designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer, or other individuals residing at the same home address, with the specific intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence that is likely to occur against such an individual. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. By imposing new duties on local agencies and creating new crimes, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Summary from the Legislative Counsel's Digest of the chaptered text, August 22, 2026. Read the full text on leginfo.
How it got here
Assemblymember Bonta introduced AB 2624 on February 20, 2026, with coauthors Assembly Members Bryan, Elhawary, Lowenthal, Sharp-Collins, and Ward and Senators Durazo, Gonzalez, Pérez, and Wiener. The text was amended 5 times, 4 in the Assembly and 1 in the Senate, and heard in 10 committee hearings before its final floor votes.
- Assembly Floor, May 26, 2026: 57 ayes, 19 noes.
- Senate Floor, August 18, 2026: 30 ayes, 10 noes.
- Assembly Floor, August 19, 2026: 59 ayes, 19 noes.
Committee votes along the way:
- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection, April 7, 2026: Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary], 11-2.
- Assembly Judiciary, April 14, 2026: Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety], 9-3.
- Assembly Public Safety, April 21, 2026: Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations], 7-2.
- Assembly Appropriations, May 14, 2026: Do pass., 11-4.
- Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection, June 15, 2026: Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary], 7-2.
- Senate Judiciary, June 23, 2026: Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety], 11-2.
- Senate Public Safety, June 30, 2026: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations], 5-1.
- Senate Appropriations, August 3, 2026: Placed on suspense file, 7-0.
- Senate Appropriations, August 13, 2026: Do pass, 5-2.
Who supports and opposes AB 2624
The Senate Floor Analyses analysis dated August 14, 2026 lists 9 organizations in support and 0 in opposition. When Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection first listed positions on April 4, 2026, the count was 20 in support and 0 opposed. By the Senate Floor Analyses analysis of August 14, 2026 it was 9 to 0.
In support: Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) (sponsor); American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; California Immigrant Policy Center; California Initiative for Technology & Democracy, a Project of California Common CAUSE; California Teachers Association; Immigrant Defenders Law Center; PowerCA Action; San Francisco Marin Medical Society; and 1 more.
Read the Senate Floor Analyses analysis.
What happens next
It was signed and chaptered on August 22, 2026 as Chapter 117, Statutes of 2026. Most provisions of a bill chaptered in this session take effect January 1.
The Governor can sign the bill, veto it, or let it become law without a signature. Until the decision, sign and veto request letters are the remaining channel, and the Department of Finance's enrolled bill report carries weight on anything with a fiscal effect. If signed, most provisions take effect January 1, and implementation moves to the agencies named in the bill.
What it means for privacy organizations
The work now is implementation: which agency writes the rules, when the comment period opens, and which obligations begin January 1. An organization that was not in the room for the bill can still shape the regulation, and the regulation is usually where the operating detail is settled.
The privacy group at Capitol Axis handles that for privacy clients.
Questions about AB 2624
What does AB 2624 do?
This bill would, commencing October 1, 2027, similarly establish an address confidentiality program for a designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer, as defined, who faces threats of violence or harassment from the public because of their affiliation with a designated immigration support services facility. This bill would additionally prohibit a person, business, or association from soliciting, selling, or trading on the internet the personal information or image of a designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer with the intent describe
Is AB 2624 law in California?
It was signed and chaptered on August 22, 2026 as Chapter 117, Statutes of 2026. Most provisions of a bill chaptered in this session take effect January 1.
Who supports and opposes AB 2624?
The Senate Floor Analyses analysis dated August 14, 2026 lists 9 organizations in support and 0 in opposition. Supporters include Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) (sponsor); American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO; California Immigrant Policy Center.
What happens next with AB 2624?
The question now is implementation. The agencies named in the bill write the rules that decide what it means in practice, and those proceedings are open to comment.