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type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 425"
citation: "California AB 425 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "pharmacogenomic testing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5497b1-09e3-471b-b2a5-e48f4d9f54d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425"
source_hash: "f68b52c0f93f2167a2c20d597cca415eaaecb75f515a40c13af988c78d189255"
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 425 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law sets forth a schedule of covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42599INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42598AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42597AMD)
4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42595CHP)
5. **AB425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42596ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 425 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — **800** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB425 Alvarez et al. By Limón — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **140** (pass) · lower
- AB 425 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alvarez — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1977.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3568.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed5497b1-09e3-471b-b2a5-e48f4d9f54d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).