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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 313: Vital records: birth certificates.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 313 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Vital records: birth certificates. Primary sponsor: Sabrina Cervantes (D). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 12, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 669, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires each live birth to be registered with the local registrar of births and deaths for the district in which the birth occurred, and prescribes specified information to be listed on a certificate of live birth, including the full name and sex of the child and the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of each parent. Existing law requires, in addition to the information mentioned above, the certificate of live birth to contain specified medical and social information, including, among other things, race and ethnicity of the mother and any other parent, and requires that information to be kept confidential.

This bill, commencing July 1, 2027, would instead require the birthplace of each parent to be contained in the medical and social portion of the certificate of live birth and to be kept confidential.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sabrina CervantesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Jesse ArreguínCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
John HarabedianCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly41
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25
Caroline MenjivarCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Rick Chavez ZburCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly51

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 669, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2881.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3173.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read third time and amended.
  9. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).
  12. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page