California AB1129: Birth conditions monitoring.

What the bill says

An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 101071) to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Birth conditions monitoring. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature to maintain an ongoing program of birth defects monitoring statewide, and requires the State Public Health Officer to maintain a system for the collection of information related to birth defects, as specified…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 101071) to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Birth conditions monitoring. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature to maintain an ongoing program of birth defects monitoring statewide, and requires the State Public Health Officer to maintain a system for the collection of information related to birth defects, as specified. Existing law requires the officer to require general acute care hospitals and physician-owned or physician-operated clinics that regularly provide services for the diagnosis or treatment of birth defects, genetic counseling, or prenatal diagnostic services to make available to the department the medical records of children suspected or diagnosed as having birth defects, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to enter into a contract for the establishment and implementation of the birth defects monitoring program. This bill would state that it is additionally the intent of the Legislature to authorize local health jurisdictions to initiate and maintain programs to monitor birth conditions, as defined, that are present during the 12-month period after an individual’s birth in their local health jurisdictions. The bill would authorize a local health officer to maintain a system for the collection of specified information within their local health jurisdiction …

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Sponsors

• Celeste Rodriguez (D, AD43) · primary sponsor
• Pilar Schiavo (D, AD40)

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 874, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 9, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6912.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
6. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
7. August 30, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
8. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
9. August 30, 2026: Ordered to special consent calendar.
10. August 24, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1129 Celeste Rodriguez By Smallwood-Cuevas (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1129 Celeste Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar (July 15, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 9, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 1129 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading (June 5, 2025): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. (May 21, 2025): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB1129?

AB1129 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Birth conditions monitoring.

What does AB1129 do?

In its own words: An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 101071) to Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Birth conditions monitoring. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature to maintain an ongoing program of birth defects monitoring statewide, and requires the State Public Health Officer to maintain a system for the collection of information related to birth defects, as specified…

What is the status of AB1129?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 874, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB1129?

Celeste Rodriguez (D, AD43), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for AB1129?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1129