---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health data: HIV test results."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "California SB 278 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIVtestresults", "Healthdata"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cabaldon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd05057-52ee-49ee-917b-bee867c2b0ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278"
source_hash: "3da62ba83544a0425d5dca65932e81ebc7d1a751d9d871b02fddc24ee7be8c19"
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 278 (20252026) — Health data: HIV test results.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27899INT)
2. **03/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27898AMD)
3. **03/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27897AMD)
4. **06/19/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27896AMD)
5. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27895AMD)
6. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27894AMD)
7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27892CHP)
8. **SB278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278)
9. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB278&version=20250SB27893ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent SB278 Cabaldon et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB278 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 278 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Mark González — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cabaldon — primary (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Mark González — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Solache — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2025-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 706.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1194.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1324.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-17** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
- **2025-07-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2999.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 748, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd05057-52ee-49ee-917b-bee867c2b0ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).