---
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: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1095"
citation: "California SB 1095 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Newborn screening program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/692e2d1d-abb8-4b4c-9ebd-f9de01007ade"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095"
source_hash: "7c3359c4268acb0d15cbc00eeb42595d1cde005099d7a365b943746a412f02f9"
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 1095 (20152016) — 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. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109599INT)
2. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109598AMD)
3. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109597AMD)
4. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109596AMD)
5. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109594CHP)
6. **SB1095** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095)
7. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1095&version=20150SB109595ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent # — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1095 Pan Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1095 Pan Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-04-28** May 2 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4003.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4148.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5921.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5361.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 393, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/692e2d1d-abb8-4b4c-9ebd-f9de01007ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).