Privacy for immigration support services providers.

Removed Assembly and Senate passage headers, clerk signatures, and 'Corrected 8-20-26' notation; added 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, Chapter 117 designation, and governor approval date of August 22, 2026.

Page headers changed from 'AB 2624' to 'Ch. 117' throughout the document; line wrapping and indentation adjusted to match chaptered law formatting conventions.

The application start date in Section 6218.17(e)(2) was corrected from 'July October 1, 2027' to 'October 1, 2027', fixing a drafting error where both dates appeared.

The legislative digest was corrected to remove a duplicated word ('would would' changed to 'would') and to remove the word 'imminently' before 'likely to occur' in the description of the posting prohibition, making the language more precise.

Senator Wiener was added as a coauthor alongside Senators Durazo, Gonzalez, and Perez.

The date the Secretary of State begins accepting applications under the immigration support services address confidentiality program was changed from July 1, 2027 to October 1, 2027, giving the state an additional three months to prepare.

The misdemeanor penalty for false statements in an application now requires that the person 'knowingly and falsely attests' rather than simply 'falsely attests,' narrowing criminal liability by adding a mens rea requirement.

Section 6218.18(a) previously prohibited any person, business, or association from publicly posting or displaying a program participant's home address on the internet after the participant made a written demand against that person. This broader prohibition was removed, leaving only the narrower provision (now subsection (a)) that requires the poster to know the person is a program participant and specifically intend to incite imminent great bodily harm.

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins and Senator Wiener were added as coauthors of the bill.

Removed an entire eligibility category that allowed people who were targets of threats because they were obtaining or seeking services at a designated immigration support services facility to apply for the address confidentiality program. This eliminated a pathway for service recipients (not just providers, employees, and volunteers) to enroll.

Added a specific intent requirement to the internet posting prohibition: the person must post with 'the specific intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence that is imminently likely to occur.' This raises the bar from a general prohibition on doxxing to one requiring proof of violent criminal intent.

Added a new criminal prohibition (Section 6218.18(b)) making it a crime to knowingly post the home address of a program participant or their residing spouse or child on the internet with specific intent to incite a third person to cause imminent great bodily harm, or to threaten such harm.

Added an exemption (Section 6218.18(c)) for interactive computer service providers and access software providers as defined in Section 230(f) of Title 47 of the United States Code, unless the provider specifically intends to abet or incite imminent great bodily harm. This creates a safe harbor similar to existing federal internet intermediary protections.

Removed the description of existing law penalties (fine up to $10,000 per violation, imprisonment, or both) from the bill's summary section, though this appears to be a drafting clarification rather than a change to actual penalties.

The date the Secretary of State begins accepting applications was changed from April 1, 2027 to July 1, 2027, giving an additional three months for program preparation. The legislative report deadline was moved from July 1, 2030 to January 1, 2030.

Senator Rubio was removed from the list of coauthors. Page numbers were renumbered from 96 to 95 throughout due to the removal of text.

References to 'internet websites or social media' and 'internet or social media' throughout the bill were replaced with simply 'the internet.' The standalone definition of 'social media' (which covered videos, blogs, podcasts, text messages, email, online services, and website profiles) was removed entirely. While 'the internet' likely encompasses social media platforms in practice, this removes the explicit enumeration of specific platform types.

The date the Secretary of State must commence accepting applications under the address confidentiality program was changed from April 1, 2027 to July 1, 2027, giving a three-month delay before the program becomes operational.

The deadline for the Secretary of State to submit a report to the Legislature on program performance (including mail forwarded, participant numbers, average duration, and recommended code changes) was moved up from July 1, 2030 to January 1, 2030, requiring the report six months earlier.

Section 6218.20(a)(1) was redrafted from 'A person shall not post on the internet or social media, internet, with the intent...' to 'It is unlawful for a person to post on the internet, with the intent...' This is a stylistic legal drafting change that makes the prohibition statement more direct and removes a redundant reference.

Assembly Member Bryan was added as a coauthor alongside existing coauthors Elhawary, Lowenthal, and Ward.

Removed 'client' or 'patient' as a category of eligible program participant. The protected class is now limited to designated immigration support services providers, employees, and volunteers only.

Documentation requirements in section 6218.12(a)(1)(A) no longer include proof of receiving assistance as a client at a facility; only employment or volunteering documentation is required.

Deleted the provision exempting patients of designated immigration support services facilities from paying application fees and annual fees, consistent with removing patient eligibility.

The definition of 'Designated immigration support services provider, employee, volunteer, or client' was changed to 'Designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer,' removing the client/patient category from the statutory definition.

The definition of 'Personal information' removed the reference to 'reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant,' now only covering designated immigration support services providers, employees, and volunteers.

Additional Assembly coauthors (Bryan, Lowenthal, and Ward) were added, expanding the bill's legislative coalition beyond the original single coauthor.

The definition of 'personal information' in Section 6218.11(h) was expanded from covering only 'reproductive health care services patient, provider, or assistant' to also include 'designated immigration support services provider, employee, or volunteer.' This closes a gap that would have left immigration support workers without the same privacy protections against having their personal data posted online.

Multiple provisions throughout Section 6218.12 were amended to explicitly include 'volunteer' alongside 'provider, employee, or client' in eligibility criteria for the address confidentiality program, ensuring volunteers at immigration support facilities are clearly covered.

Senators Gonzalez and Rubio were added as coauthors alongside existing coauthors Durazo and Perez, indicating broader legislative sponsorship.