(1) Existing law generally requires a health care professional at whose request a test is performed to provide or arrange for the provision of the results of a clinical laboratory test to the patient who is the subject of the test if so requested by the patient, in oral or written form. Existing law requires those results to be disclosed in plain language and in oral or written form, except the results may be disclosed in electronic form if requested by the patient and if deemed most appropriate by the health care professional who requested the test. Existing law requires a patient's consent to receive their laboratory results by internet posting or other electronic means and requires those results to be disclosed to the patient in a reasonable time period, but only after the results have been reviewed by a health care professional and if access to the results is restricted by use of a secure personal identification number when the results are disclosed to the patient.
California SB 1419 (20212022) — Health information.
(1) Existing law generally requires a health care professional at whose request a test is performed to provide or arrange for the provision of the results of a clinical laboratory test to the patient who is the subject of the test if so requested by the patient, in oral or written form. Existing law requires those results to be disclosed in plain language and in oral or written form, except the results may be disclosed in electronic form if requested by the patient and if deemed most appropriate by the health care professional who requested the test. Existing law requires a patient's consent to receive their laboratory results by internet posting or other electronic means and requires those results to be disclosed to the patient in a reasonable time period, but only after the results have been reviewed by a health care professional and if access to the results is restricted by use of a secure personal identification number when the results are disclosed to the patient.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1419 Becker Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
SB 1419 Becker Senate Third Reading By Arambula — 53–22 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 28–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Becker — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-09 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 6.
2022-04-07 Set for hearing April 19 in JUD. pending receipt.
2022-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 3349.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3438.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-26 Set for hearing May 2.
2022-05-02 May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3796.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 3875.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5317.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 888, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54310554-abfa-4bea-9fb6-0d6f51e9d9bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).