Existing law establishes procedures by which an arrestee's blood may be tested, either voluntarily or by court order, for specified communicable diseases when a peace officer, firefighter, custodial officer, custody assistant, nonsworn uniformed employee of a law enforcement agency, or emergency medical personnel is exposed to an arrestee's blood or bodily fluids, as defined, while the peace officer, firefighter, custodial officer, custody assistant, nonsworn uniformed employee of a law enforcement agency, or emergency medical personnel is acting within the scope of his or her duties.
California AB 2635 (20092010) — Communicable disease: involuntary testing.
Existing law establishes procedures by which an arrestee's blood may be tested, either voluntarily or by court order, for specified communicable diseases when a peace officer, firefighter, custodial officer, custody assistant, nonsworn uniformed employee of a law enforcement agency, or emergency medical personnel is exposed to an arrestee's blood or bodily fluids, as defined, while the peace officer, firefighter, custodial officer, custody assistant, nonsworn uniformed employee of a law enforcement agency, or emergency medical personnel is acting within the scope of his or her duties.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2010-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2010-03-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on RULES by unanimous consent. referral-committee
2010-04-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2010-04-08 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). referral-committee, committee-passage
2010-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-10 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-13 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5161.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-05-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. referral-committee
2010-06-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-06-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4767.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-23 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2010-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bdce481-a8c3-435a-a753-76f126a43c83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).