republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental and mental health services: information and records: confidentiality."
description: "Existing law requires all information and records obtained in the course of providing specified developmental services and mental services to either voluntary or involuntary recipients of services to be confidential, and authorizes disclosure only in specified cases, including in communications between qualified professional persons in the provision of services or appropriate referrals, and to the designated officer of an emergency response employee, and from that designated officer to an emergency response employee regarding possible exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus or the acquired immune deficiency syndrome."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1119"
citation: "California AB 1119 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmental and mental health services: information and records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f163ba3-b48a-4865-b392-3ff2690a1c41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119"
source_hash: "542a018b49c2da21f4b0332e214ff7512ada299856cf71c79935537e5a219fae"
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 1119 (20172018) — Developmental and mental health services: information and records: confidentiality.

Existing law requires all information and records obtained in the course of providing specified developmental services and mental services to either voluntary or involuntary recipients of services to be confidential, and authorizes disclosure only in specified cases, including in communications between qualified professional persons in the provision of services or appropriate referrals, and to the designated officer of an emergency response employee, and from that designated officer to an emergency response employee regarding possible exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus or the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119&version=20170AB111999INT)
2. **03/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119&version=20170AB111998AMD)
3. **08/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119&version=20170AB111997AMD)
4. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119&version=20170AB111995CHP)
5. **AB1119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119)
6. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1119&version=20170AB111996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1119 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1119 Limón By Monning — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1119 LIMÓN Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1616.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-07-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2456.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3021.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f163ba3-b48a-4865-b392-3ff2690a1c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).