---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical information: disclosures."
description: "Medical information: disclosures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1178"
citation: "California AB 1178 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical information: disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1387b0d-a64d-4826-b9ed-a8ac4408abee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178"
source_hash: "ce6acc3899ca736e4d5083b656c5501147c4864c1cfde7c0ad342cf90abe6d1f"
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 1178 (20072008) — Medical information: disclosures.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117899INT)
2. **05/15/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117898AMD)
3. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117897AMD)
4. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117896AMD)
5. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117894CHP)
6. **AB1178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178)
7. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1178&version=20070AB117895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1178 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1178 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB1178 Hernandez By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-05-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1617.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2338.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3079.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1387b0d-a64d-4826-b9ed-a8ac4408abee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).