republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1898.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health records: reporting: HIV/AIDS."
description: "Existing law, with specified exceptions, prohibits the disclosure of public health records containing personally identifiable information relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that were developed or acquired by a state or local public health agency. Existing law authorizes disclosure of these public health records if otherwise provided by law for public health purposes, pursuant to a written authorization by the person who is the subject of the record, or when the confidential information is necessary to carry out the duties of the public health agency or researcher in the investigation, control, or surveillance of disease. Existing law requires these authorized disclosures to include only the information necessary for the purpose of that disclosure and to be made upon the agreement that the information will be kept confidential and will not be further disclosed without written authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1898"
citation: "California AB 1898 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health records: reporting: HIV/AIDS."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bf0648a-6676-40b5-9623-0c88a5bed2cb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898"
source_hash: "b3b9ec3a6a27b3b8299e3f8455d991bbbe5d5011dc7ffc2a4beb9e8e76706f36"
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 1898 (20132014) — Public health records: reporting: HIV/AIDS.

Existing law, with specified exceptions, prohibits the disclosure of public health records containing personally identifiable information relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that were developed or acquired by a state or local public health agency. Existing law authorizes disclosure of these public health records if otherwise provided by law for public health purposes, pursuant to a written authorization by the person who is the subject of the record, or when the confidential information is necessary to carry out the duties of the public health agency or researcher in the investigation, control, or surveillance of disease. Existing law requires these authorized disclosures to include only the information necessary for the purpose of that disclosure and to be made upon the agreement that the information will be kept confidential and will not be further disclosed without written authorization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898&version=20130AB189899INT)
2. **05/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898&version=20130AB189898AMD)
3. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898&version=20130AB189897AMD)
4. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898&version=20130AB189895CHP)
5. **AB1898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898)
6. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1898&version=20130AB189896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1898 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1898 Brown By Hernandez — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1898 BROWN Assembly Third Reading — **68–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 5000.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** From consent calendar.
- **2014-06-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4896.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6616.)
- **2014-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6629.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bf0648a-6676-40b5-9623-0c88a5bed2cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).