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Bill	Tissue donation.	Existing law prohibits the transfer of any tissues, as defined, into the body of another person by means of transplantation, unless the donor of the tissues has been screened and found nonreactive for evidence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , agents of viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV) , syphilis, and human T lymphotrophic virus (HTLV) , except as provided. Existing law requires that all donors of sperm be screened and found nonreactive under the above provisions, except as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2356	California AB 2356 (20112012)	bill	Tissue donation.	enacted	Skinner	11	31	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/809a6bce-21ac-4476-83d2-b05e7feeedb8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2356	e5eebbb6603af585224c3d0cdd0e7d0044818d9594058023363976f4918f2b8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2356 (20112012) — Tissue donation.

Existing law prohibits the transfer of any tissues, as defined, into the body of another person by means of transplantation, unless the donor of the tissues has been screened and found nonreactive for evidence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , agents of viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV) , syphilis, and human T lymphotrophic virus (HTLV) , except as provided. Existing law requires that all donors of sperm be screened and found nonreactive under the above provisions, except as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/08/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/28/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2356 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2356 Skinner By Leno — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 2356 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2356 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — 50–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 13–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2012-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5138.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-31 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5176.)
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5203.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 4906.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 6563.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/809a6bce-21ac-4476-83d2-b05e7feeedb8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).