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AB-2082 • 2026

Rural Farmworker Women’s Health Act of 2026.

Rural Farmworker Women’s Health Act of 2026.

Agriculture Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jeff Gonzalez
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Rural Farmworker Women’s Health Act

This act requires the State Department of Public Health to start a program that provides free menstrual products in rural and agricultural areas with high poverty rates, working with local nonprofit organizations.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the State Department of Public Health to create a new program starting January 1, 2028.
  • The program will provide free menstrual products to women in rural or agricultural communities.
  • Local nonprofits that have helped farmworker communities before must be involved in providing these products.
  • Communities with higher poverty rates are given priority for the program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Women living in rural and agricultural areas of California.
  • Nonprofit organizations working with farmworkers.
  • The State Department of Public Health.

Terms To Know

Farmworker
A person who works on a farm, often doing tasks like planting or harvesting crops.
Poverty
When someone does not have enough money to buy basic things they need for living.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The program will only start if the Legislature gives it money.
  • It is unclear how much funding will be provided or when exactly the program will begin.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  2. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  3. 2026-04-07 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  4. 2026-04-06 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  5. 2026-03-02 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  6. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  7. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2082, as amended, Jeff Gonzalez.
Rural Farmworker Women’s Health Act of 2026.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop a coordinated state strategy for addressing the health-related needs of women, as specified.
This bill, the Rural Farmworker Women’s Health Act of 2026, would require the department to, beginning
July 1, 2027,
January 1, 2028, and upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose,
establish a program to work with local nonprofit organizations who have a history of serving farmworker communities to provide free menstrual products in rural or agricultural communities. The bill would require the department to prioritize those communities with the highest rates of
poverty.

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