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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical information."
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description: "Existing law requires a clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to, and use or disclosure of, patients' medical information, as defined. Existing law requires the clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to report any unlawful or unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, a patient's medical information to the State Department of Public Health and to the affected patient or the patient's representative no later than 5 business days after the unlawful or unauthorized access, use, or disclosure has been detected. Existing law requires that the report to the patient or the patient's representative be made to that person's last known address. Existing law requires these entities to delay the report for specified law enforcement purposes and requires that the delayed report be submitted within 5 days of the end of the delay. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to assess administrative penalties for violation of these provisions and gives the department discretion to consider all factors when determining the amount of a penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 1755"
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citation: "California AB 1755 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medical information."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2014-02-14"
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last_action: "2014-09-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96c939f-d551-4e56-952b-6f3d1f0bf2d5"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755"
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source_hash: "ef9a9241f0c4fd12a4031cacc047690494ac1ca146bc1a1c5228fd38ff673bce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1755 (20132014) — Medical information.
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Existing law requires a clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to, and use or disclosure of, patients' medical information, as defined. Existing law requires the clinic, health facility, home health agency, or hospice to report any unlawful or unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, a patient's medical information to the State Department of Public Health and to the affected patient or the patient's representative no later than 5 business days after the unlawful or unauthorized access, use, or disclosure has been detected. Existing law requires that the report to the patient or the patient's representative be made to that person's last known address. Existing law requires these entities to delay the report for specified law enforcement purposes and requires that the delayed report be submitted within 5 days of the end of the delay. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to assess administrative penalties for violation of these provisions and gives the department discretion to consider all factors when determining the amount of a penalty.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175599INT)
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2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175598AMD)
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3. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175597AMD)
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4. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175596AMD)
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5. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175594CHP)
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6. **AB1755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755)
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7. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1755&version=20130AB175595ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1755 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1755 Gomez By Lara — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1755 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gomez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5094.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1755.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6035.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96c939f-d551-4e56-952b-6f3d1f0bf2d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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