republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clinical laboratory test results: electronic conveyance."
description: "Existing law authorizes the results of a clinical laboratory test performed at the request of a health care professional to be conveyed to the patient in electronic form if requested by the patient and if deemed most appropriate by the health care professional, except that existing law prohibits the conveyance by Internet posting or other electronic means of test results relating to HIV antibodies, the presence of hepatitis antigens, and the abuse of drugs, and specified test results that reveal a malignancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2253"
citation: "California AB 2253 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clinical laboratory test results: electronic conveyance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0e8501-3584-4aa5-9a3d-0326c779ff05"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253"
source_hash: "75a16f07dd212e9c9f1418ca4f01ff7989e828b79189afe4b20e4d42844bd69f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2253 (20112012) — Clinical laboratory test results: electronic conveyance.

Existing law authorizes the results of a clinical laboratory test performed at the request of a health care professional to be conveyed to the patient in electronic form if requested by the patient and if deemed most appropriate by the health care professional, except that existing law prohibits the conveyance by Internet posting or other electronic means of test results relating to HIV antibodies, the presence of hepatitis antigens, and the abuse of drugs, and specified test results that reveal a malignancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253&version=20110AB225399INT)
2. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253&version=20110AB225398AMD)
3. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253&version=20110AB225397AMD)
4. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253&version=20110AB225395CHP)
5. **AB2253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2253&version=20110AB225396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2253 Pan By Yee — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2253 PAN Assembly Third Reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2253 PAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 4821.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4932.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6653.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad0e8501-3584-4aa5-9a3d-0326c779ff05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).