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Bill	Health care information.	Existing law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) , prohibits a health care provider, a contractor, or a health care service plan from disclosing medical information, as defined, regarding a patient of the provider or an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization, except as specified. In addition to other remedies available, existing law authorizes an individual to bring an action against any person or entity who has negligently released his or her confidential records in violation of those provisions for nominal damages of $1,000.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 439	California AB 439 (20112012)	bill	Health care information.	enacted	Skinner	10	26	5	2011-02-14	2012-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/b5212ec9-1bb1-4621-a436-04d6068c2044	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB439	2fd3853267d99cb4a0c3faa5dc1d5eee496617409f295284802788eed40eeb7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 439 (20112012) — Health care information.

Existing law, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) , prohibits a health care provider, a contractor, or a health care service plan from disclosing medical information, as defined, regarding a patient of the provider or an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization, except as specified. In addition to other remedies available, existing law authorizes an individual to bring an action against any person or entity who has negligently released his or her confidential records in violation of those provisions for nominal damages of $1,000.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/22/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB439 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 439 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB439 Skinner By Wolk — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 439 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1503.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation.
• 2012-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 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
• 2012-08-24 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 37. Noes 0. Page 4901.). 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 79. Noes 0. Page 6525.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
• 2012-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5212ec9-1bb1-4621-a436-04d6068c2044. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).