republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-283.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Life and disability income insurance: HIV tests."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "California SB 283 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Life and disability income insurance: HIV tests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d05b4bd-8365-45c7-97eb-a58f0a0cfba4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283"
source_hash: "bec2060476952555acc4b416dcb6284d2d945f327e3307b8e9b92ce7994d7fa1"
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 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.

1. **02/01/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283&version=20210SB28399INT)
2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283&version=20210SB28398AMD)
3. **06/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283&version=20210SB28397AMD)
4. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283&version=20210SB28395CHP)
5. **SB283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283)
6. **07/09/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB283&version=20210SB28396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB283 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 283 Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d05b4bd-8365-45c7-97eb-a58f0a0cfba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).