---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confidentiality of medical information."
description: "Existing federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) , establishes certain requirements relating to the provision of health insurance, and the protection of privacy of individually identifiable health information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "California SB 138 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidentiality of medical information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ccdc9a-f4bc-4a80-9195-b6cfe0690a48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138"
source_hash: "f0302f18ff24f0882d4a8c6da70e84d079d9c4efe3c5f2d1b01894dc056767f0"
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 SB 138 (20132014) — Confidentiality of medical information.

Existing federal law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) , establishes certain requirements relating to the provision of health insurance, and the protection of privacy of individually identifiable health information.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13899INT)
2. **03/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13898AMD)
3. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13897AMD)
4. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13896AMD)
5. **06/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13895AMD)
6. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13894AMD)
7. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13893AMD)
8. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13891CHP)
9. **SB138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138)
10. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB138&version=20130SB13892ENR)

## Votes

- SB 138 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — **51–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB138 Hernandez Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-29** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-03-15** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 421.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 567.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1007.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1164.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2282.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 444, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0ccdc9a-f4bc-4a80-9195-b6cfe0690a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).