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Cal. Gov. Code § 6218.01

Online Privacy for Reproductive Health Services Providers, Employees, Volunteers, and Patients

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 679, Sec. 5

(a) (1) A person shall not post on the internet or social media, with the intent that another person imminently use that information to commit a crime involving violence or a threat of violence against a designated health care services provider, employee, volunteer, or patient, or other individuals residing at the same home address, the personal information or image of a designated health care services patient, provider, or assistant, or other individuals residing at the same home address.

(2) A violation of this subdivision is punishable by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation, imprisonment of either up to one year in a county jail or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(3) A violation of this subdivision that leads to the bodily injury of a designated health care services provider, employee, volunteer, or patient, or other individuals residing at the same home address, is a felony punishable by a fine of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under any other provision of law.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.