Bills Co-Sponsored and/or Supported By Alliance for TransYouth Rights
AB 1084 (Zbur) is a bill to streamline and modernize California’s legal procedures for changing one’s name, gender, or sex identifier. Starting July 1, 2026, the bill would remove the ability for third parties to file objections in adult name changes tied to gender identity, require courts to grant petitions without a hearing within six weeks (for adults, or minors whose name changes are supported by all living parents), and eliminate the deadline requiring petitioners to file judgments in 30 days.
AB 82 is a bill authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward that focuses on privacy and protection. It recognizes that people who seek, provide, or support gender-affirming and reproductive care are often targeted with harassment, threats, or even legal risks from outside California. This bill takes important steps to make California safer for our community.
SB 497 strengthens California’s protections towards gender-affirming health care by protecting patients, providers, and supporters from being targeted by laws in other states. It ensures that California health care systems, providers, and agencies cannot share medical records, prescription data, or cooperate with investigations that seek to criminalize or punish gender-affirming care. By adding strict confidentiality rules and criminal penalties for misuse of prescription monitoring data, SB 497 helps prevent harassment, legal retaliation, and violations of medical privacy.
SB 59, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener, strengthens privacy and safety protections for people who legally change their name, gender, or sex identifier in California courts. SB 59 increases protections by making court records confidential, giving individuals more control over how and when their personal information is shared. SB 59 continues California’s commitment to ensuring that transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people can live safely and authentically without fear of harassment, outing, or discrimination tied to their legal identity documents.
While we celebrate these wins, we also want to acknowledge that SB 418 was vetoed. This bill would have strengthened nondiscrimination protections in healthcare and expanded a coverage of 12-month supply of prescribed hormone therapy, helping make gender-affirming care more consistent and equitable across California. This loss is disappointing, especially as attacks on trans healthcare continue to escalate nationwide. Trans healthcare is essential, its protection is a priority, and our coalition is already working to advance the goals of SB 418 through future efforts. Our commitment does not end here.
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