republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-506.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIV testing: infants."
description: "Existing law provides that a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court in, among others, cases of abuse and neglect. Under existing law, when a minor has been, or has a petition filed with the court to be, adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may authorize, or order that a social worker may authorize, medical care for the minor, as prescribed. Under existing law, a social worker may, without court order, authorize medical care for a minor in emergency situations, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 506"
citation: "California AB 506 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIV testing: infants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48969b2b-13ed-45fd-a4ea-cb1b3b6001d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506"
source_hash: "cffd9205c8e1bf2631525026775b8a3e6156886953ae13d4ad9195b92c71457f"
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 506 (20132014) — HIV testing: infants.

Existing law provides that a child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and become a dependent child of the court in, among others, cases of abuse and neglect. Under existing law, when a minor has been, or has a petition filed with the court to be, adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may authorize, or order that a social worker may authorize, medical care for the minor, as prescribed. Under existing law, a social worker may, without court order, authorize medical care for a minor in emergency situations, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50699INT)
2. **05/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50698AMD)
3. **06/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50697AMD)
4. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50696AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50694CHP)
6. **AB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506)
7. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB506&version=20130AB50695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 506 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB506 Mitchell By Liu — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 506 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1263.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1695.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2465.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 153, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48969b2b-13ed-45fd-a4ea-cb1b3b6001d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).