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Bill	Public health: HIV.	Existing law requires a medical care provider or person administering a test for HIV to, after receiving results indicating no infection for a patient who is known to be at high risk for HIV infection, advise the patient of the need for periodic retesting and explain the limitations of current testing technology and the current window period for verification of results.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2640	California AB 2640 (20152016)	bill	Public health: HIV.	enacted	Gipson	8	27	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/0698f22a-ffde-4644-bec1-6d360f25454e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2640	24316c12a2106b452a3b6dc4fe800576e69c4dfb6159813c6ed0ae718fc81d52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2640 (20152016) — Public health: HIV.

Existing law requires a medical care provider or person administering a test for HIV to, after receiving results indicating no infection for a patient who is known to be at high risk for HIV infection, advise the patient of the need for periodic retesting and explain the limitations of current testing technology and the current window period for verification of results.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/02/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2640 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/26/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 2640 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — 57–20 (pass) · lower
• AB 2640 GIPSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2640 Gipson By Lara — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 5125.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-15 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5120.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 6199.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 670, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0698f22a-ffde-4644-bec1-6d360f25454e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).