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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing."
+description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 425"
+citation: "California AB 425 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "pharmacogenomic testing"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-02-06"
+last_action: "2023-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5497b1-09e3-471b-b2a5-e48f4d9f54d8"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425"
+source_hash: "f68b52c0f93f2167a2c20d597cca415eaaecb75f515a40c13af988c78d189255"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 425 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing.
+
+Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42599INT)
+2. **03/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42598AMD)
+3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42597AMD)
+4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42595CHP)
+5. **AB425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425)
+6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42596ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 425 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent AB425 Alvarez et al. By Limón — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 425 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarez — primary (person)
+- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
+- Dixon — coauthor (person)
+- Mathis — coauthor (person)
+- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
+- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
+- Waldron — coauthor (person)
+- Wallis — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-03-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Coauthors revised.
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1977.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3568.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed5497b1-09e3-471b-b2a5-e48f4d9f54d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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