SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON AB 2624

Assemblymember Bonta Corrects Misinformation Circulating About AB 2624: Privacy for immigration support services providers.

• Daniel McGreevy
• Communications Coordinator
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Right-wing agitators, ineffective legislators, and Trump loyalists are intentionally spreading significant misinformation about Assembly Bill 2624, authored by Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland). The office of Assemblymember Bonta is releasing the following information to correct the record:

AB 2624 extends California's existing Safe at Home address confidentiality program to immigration support service providers, employees, and volunteers who face documented threats, harassment, or violence. The bill has passed the Assembly Privacy and Judiciary committees with broad coalitional support. AB 2624 is a 2026 California Legislative Latino Caucus Priority bill and will next be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee.

​"People working in immigrant services are being followed home, receiving death threats, and having their personal information weaponized against them. AB 2624 provides protection through the same tried and tested process California already offers to domestic violence survivors and select healthcare workers. The concerns raised about this bill are based on a malicious and intentional misrepresentation of this bill," said Assemblymember Mia Bonta.

GET THE FACTS

Responding to misconceptions about AB 2624.

WHAT AB 2624 ACTUALLYDOES

AB 2624 extends California's Safe at Home program, created in 1998 for domestic violence survivors and since expanded to reproductive healthcare workers and gender-affirming care providers, to immigration support service providers, employees, and volunteers who can document threats or harassment.

​Eligible individuals must apply to the California Secretary of State and provide documentation demonstrating they have faced threats, harassment, or acts of violence within one year of applying. Upon certification, participants receive a substitute address for use in public records. Penalties for violating the bill's anti-doxxing provisions require proven intent to incite violence or place a participant in objectively reasonable fear for their safety.

The bill does not restrict filming in public, prohibit investigative journalism, modify public records law for organizations, or apply to anyone who has not enrolled in and been certified by the program.

THE CONTEXT

The bill was introduced in direct response to a documented escalation of threats against immigration service workers across the state of California. Testimony before the Assembly Privacy Committee included the following account from Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA:

"We received a lot of hate calls, a lot of threats of violence against our organization… I'm personally named consistently, and the threats of violence are extreme… Our staff, just recently, going out to lunch, had people outside asking for their names, asking them questions, really attacking their ability to move from one place to another, trying to get into our office. It happened to me and happened to a family member. They were looking for me and ended up in my mother's home. There's so many of my colleagues where individuals have shown up to their home, who have been threatened, and this is not just our organization, but many others."

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Assemblymember Mia Bontarepresents California's 18th Assembly District encompassing the East Bay including Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville. She also chairs the Assembly Health Committee.

Courtesy photos can be found HERE.