Contact elected officials
A state law may be passed by either a direct vote of the people or by the California Legislature, which is composed of the Assembly and state Senate.
California is divided into 40 state Senate districts and 80 state Assembly districts and each district has an elected representative. To find out who your state Assembly and state Senate representatives are (and this may change after an election), visit the legislature’s Find Your Rep page. (Then save their info in your contacts so you can easily call them!)
You have the power to vote for your representatives or their opponents every election, so your state senator and assemblyman will consider your opinion. Let your representatives know if you have strong feelings about a bill.
It’s also important to track your city council, school board, and county board of supervisors. They have the power to allow new abortion facilities to open in your neighborhoods and allow pro-abortion representatives into the schools. You can find contact information for these elected officials on your city, school district, and county websites.
You can visit your representatives’ offices, write them letters, call them, or email them. The representatives recognize how much effort you put into contacting them, so an in-person visit is worth the most, while an email is worth the least - but it is worth more than no contact at all.
If you call a state representative about a bill, the phone will be answered by a staff person and you need only say, “Hello, I’m calling to ask the Senator [or Assemblyman] to vote no on [bill number].” The staff person may ask a few questions and will then thank you for your call. That’s it, but your position will be noted and tallied.
Members of the state Assembly and state Senate introduce bills that they would like to make laws. If an Assemblyman introduces a bill, it must be voted on and passed by various Assembly committees before the whole Assembly votes on it. If it is passed, the bill is then passed over to the state Senate, where it again must be voted on and passed by various committees before being voted on by the whole Senate. If it passes the Senate, then it becomes law, unless the governor vetoes it.
If a bill is introduced in the Senate, it starts with the Senate committees and the Senate floor vote before being passed to the Assembly committees and Assembly floor vote.
The pro-abortion and anti-life bills being considered by the California state legislature during the 2025-2026 legislative session include:
(The letters “AB” or “SB” at the beginning of a bill’s name refer to whether it started in the assembly or senate: assembly bill or senate bill.)
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AB 54 would give legal immunity to suppliers of abortion drugs.
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AB 1854 would expand existing laws to penalize Californians who cooperate with other states’ warrants, subpoenas, or investigations related to illegal abortions or trans sex procedures.
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AB 1930 would expand existing laws to penalize Californians who cooperate with other states’ warrants, subpoenas, or investigations related to illegal abortions or trans sex procedures.
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AB 1973 would allow non-physicians to perform second and third trimester abortions.
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AB 2164 would expand California's legal protections for those involved in illegal abortions or trans sex procedures in other states by limiting extradition.
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AB 2531 would expand a grant program benefitting abortion businesses, award grants to businesses that perform abortions on veterans, and require that the free abortions be advertised on the Department of Veterans Affairs website.
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AB 2540 would require community college health centers to supply the abortion pill and would mandate an advertising campaign about the abortion pill’s availability on all public college and university campuses.
If you would like to see the status of a bill, visit the site for California legislation information.
If you would like to contact the committees, rather than individual legislators, some committees allow you to submit your comments by fax, email, or regular mail. Visit the California State Assembly or California State Senate website, go to the committees tab to find the committee that is holding the hearing, and then follow that committee’s instructions for comments.
If you would like to submit a letter of opposition or support for a bill before a committee hearing, visit the California Legislature Position Letter Portal. The deadline for the letter to be included in the analysis considered by the committee is usually a week before the committee hearing date.
You can read more about how a bill becomes law at the state Senate’s Legislative Process webpage.