---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: health records: confidentiality."
description: "Existing law requires health care providers and laboratories to report cases of HIV infection to the local health officer using patient names on a form developed by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, requires a report generated pursuant to that provision by a laboratory to be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "California SB 249 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health: health records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a142caf-a3b9-404b-9e6d-81adb3251780"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249"
source_hash: "3339b461090cbb0389e4d428dfe34d6650552df261ac089560bee05a9b15846b"
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 249 (20132014) — Public health: health records: confidentiality.

Existing law requires health care providers and laboratories to report cases of HIV infection to the local health officer using patient names on a form developed by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, requires a report generated pursuant to that provision by a laboratory to be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24999INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24998AMD)
3. **04/16/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24997AMD)
4. **06/17/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24996AMD)
5. **06/27/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24995AMD)
6. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24994AMD)
7. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24992CHP)
8. **SB249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249)
9. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB249&version=20130SB24993ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 249 Leno Senate Third Reading By MAIENSCHEIN — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB249 Leno Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Stone — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2013-04-03** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-09** 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`
- **2013-04-11** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-16** 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`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 696.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 753.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1009.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1098.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** 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`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-27** 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`
- **2013-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (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 77. Noes 0. Page 3015.) 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 37. Noes 0. Page 2299.) 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 445, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a142caf-a3b9-404b-9e6d-81adb3251780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).