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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 425"
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citation: "California AB 425 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "pharmacogenomic testing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5497b1-09e3-471b-b2a5-e48f4d9f54d8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425"
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source_hash: "f68b52c0f93f2167a2c20d597cca415eaaecb75f515a40c13af988c78d189255"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 425 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: pharmacogenomic testing.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42599INT)
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2. **03/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42598AMD)
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3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42597AMD)
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4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42595CHP)
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5. **AB425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425)
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6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB425&version=20230AB42596ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 425 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB425 Alvarez et al. By Limón — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 425 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarez — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Dixon — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Pellerin — coauthor (person)
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- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
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- Waldron — coauthor (person)
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- Wallis — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Coauthors revised.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1977.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3568.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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