---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care: mammograms."
description: "Existing law requires specified information to be provided to patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a written report of the results of each mammography examination and requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a specified time period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1538"
citation: "California SB 1538 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care: mammograms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c41c16c-4d6b-47d3-ae8c-4995af7b722e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538"
source_hash: "617871099775da3ec9ff9b5fa1ccb1f9567553707e3988fa6db6aa1937af9491"
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 1538 (20112012) — Health care: mammograms.

Existing law requires specified information to be provided to patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a written report of the results of each mammography examination and requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a specified time period.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153899INT)
2. **03/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153898AMD)
3. **06/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153897AMD)
4. **08/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153896AMD)
5. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153894CHP)
6. **SB1538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1538&version=20110SB153895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1538 Simitian Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Butler — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Charles Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Mansoor — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Morrell — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Runner — principal coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Valadao — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Wagner — coauthor (person)
- Walters — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3230.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3598.) (May 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3650.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6462.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4982.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 458, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c41c16c-4d6b-47d3-ae8c-4995af7b722e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).