---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newborn screening program."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a program for the development, provision, and evaluation of genetic disease testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 395"
citation: "California AB 395 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Newborn screening program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/889a560c-ca6e-4f17-99cc-566b2a72f7d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395"
source_hash: "d09c0bcad9f1461fd90e210565ed404aa3d57566f91b342c33843f8c311530bf"
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 395 (20112012) — Newborn screening program.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a program for the development, provision, and evaluation of genetic disease testing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39599INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39598AMD)
3. **04/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39597AMD)
4. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39596AMD)
5. **10/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39594CHP)
6. **AB395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395)
7. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB395&version=20110AB39595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB395 Pan By Hernandez — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 395 PAN Assembly Third Reading — **71–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 1721.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2190.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/889a560c-ca6e-4f17-99cc-566b2a72f7d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).