republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-446.md

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Bill	HIV testing.	Existing law requires a medical care provider, prior to ordering an HIV test, to, among other things, provide information about the test, inform the patient that there are numerous treatment options available for a patient who tests positive for HIV, and inform the patient that a person who tests negative for HIV should continue to be routinely tested. Existing law, with specified exceptions, requires a written statement documenting the test subject's informed consent prior to the performance of an HIV test. Existing law exempts from these provisions HIV tests that are independently requested by the patient from specified providers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 446	California AB 446 (20132014)	bill	HIV testing.	enacted	Mitchell	10	34	10	2013-02-19	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/09c00db6-3d6b-4965-bd3a-5b0cfaebb1fb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB446	f842d3d13808554933850d50421cedf42c9d4c057ef19796be0670abc89fb1e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 446 (20132014) — HIV testing.

Existing law requires a medical care provider, prior to ordering an HIV test, to, among other things, provide information about the test, inform the patient that there are numerous treatment options available for a patient who tests positive for HIV, and inform the patient that a person who tests negative for HIV should continue to be routinely tested. Existing law, with specified exceptions, requires a written statement documenting the test subject's informed consent prior to the performance of an HIV test. Existing law exempts from these provisions HIV tests that are independently requested by the patient from specified providers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/30/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/14/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB446 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 446 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB446 Mitchell By Hernandez — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 446 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2013-03-21 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-30 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
• 2013-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-05-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1732.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-08-19 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2334.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3227.)
• 2013-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3232.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 589, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09c00db6-3d6b-4965-bd3a-5b0cfaebb1fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).