Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life insurance and disability income insurance. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2023, prohibits a life or disability income insurer from, among other things, requiring an HIV test to determine an individual's insurability, except as specified, and from considering specified traits of an applicant, including actual or perceived sexual orientation, in determining whether to require an HIV test of that applicant. Existing law, on and after that same date, prohibits a policy or certificate from limiting benefits otherwise payable if a loss is caused by or contributed to by HIV or AIDS, unless the insurer could have declined the application or enrollment request, as specified. Existing law, also on and after that date, imposes criminal penalties, including imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, and civil penalties for the negligent, willful, or malicious disclosure of results of an HIV test to a third party, and makes a person liable for all actual damages that are a proximate cause of the disclosure.
California SB 283 (20212022) — Life and disability income insurance: HIV tests.
Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including life insurance and disability income insurance. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2023, prohibits a life or disability income insurer from, among other things, requiring an HIV test to determine an individual's insurability, except as specified, and from considering specified traits of an applicant, including actual or perceived sexual orientation, in determining whether to require an HIV test of that applicant. Existing law, on and after that same date, prohibits a policy or certificate from limiting benefits otherwise payable if a loss is caused by or contributed to by HIV or AIDS, unless the insurer could have declined the application or enrollment request, as specified. Existing law, also on and after that date, imposes criminal penalties, including imprisonment in a county jail for a period not to exceed one year, and civil penalties for the negligent, willful, or malicious disclosure of results of an HIV test to a third party, and makes a person liable for all actual damages that are a proximate cause of the disclosure.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 8.
2021-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 728.) (April 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 970.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-24 Coauthors revised.
2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2211.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-07-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1866.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2021-07-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d05b4bd-8365-45c7-97eb-a58f0a0cfba4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).