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Bill	Tissue donation.	(1) 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) , human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) , and syphilis, except as provided. Existing law requires that all donors of sperm be screened and found nonreactive under the above provisions, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the transplantation of tissue from a donor who has not been tested for specified infectious diseases or, with the exception of HIV and HTLV, has been found reactive, if specified conditions are satisfied.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1408	California SB 1408 (20152016)	bill	Tissue donation.	enacted	Allen	9	30	5	2016-02-19	2016-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/8aab9d5e-c564-4984-8d62-0a7fdf0c0d89	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1408	1b506cc04443054a616c7d9dd6f4cf50c71661f2dc2795551c4ae0c8adde83df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1408 (20152016) — Tissue donation.

(1) 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) , human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) , and syphilis, except as provided. Existing law requires that all donors of sperm be screened and found nonreactive under the above provisions, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the transplantation of tissue from a donor who has not been tested for specified infectious diseases or, with the exception of HIV and HTLV, has been found reactive, if specified conditions are satisfied.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/04/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/23/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/26/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1408 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/27/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1408 Allen Third Reading Urgency By WOOD — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• W/O REF. TO FILE SB1408 Allen Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Achadjian — coauthor (person)
• Baker — coauthor (person)
• Chang — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)
• Mayes — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-10 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2016-04-12 April 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-13 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2016-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3725.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3871.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2016-05-23 Joint Rule 61(b) suspended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4886.)
• 2016-05-23 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 4886.)
• 2016-05-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2016-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4946.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-05-27 Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
• 2016-05-27 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2016-05-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3975.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2016-05-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-05-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 18, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aab9d5e-c564-4984-8d62-0a7fdf0c0d89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).