republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2635.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communicable disease: involuntary testing."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2635"
citation: "California AB 2635 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communicable disease: involuntary testing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bdce481-a8c3-435a-a753-76f126a43c83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635"
source_hash: "c2b6ab578ec8704bbb614d2664d5a44610c5eda180ef8cf9100b97c4ded3a86a"
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 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.

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635&version=20090AB263599INT)
2. **03/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635&version=20090AB263598AMD)
3. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635&version=20090AB263597AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635&version=20090AB263595CHP)
5. **AB2635** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635)
6. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2635&version=20090AB263596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2635 PORTANTINO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2635 Portantino By Yee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bdce481-a8c3-435a-a753-76f126a43c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).