California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 599 — Forensic blood alcohol testing laboratories.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health regulates laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for the purpose of determining the concentration of ethyl alcohol in persons involved in traffic accidents or in traffic violations. Existing law requires these laboratories to comply with American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) guidelines for proficiency testing. This bill would provide that, until the effective date of specified regulatory changes, accreditation in the forensic alcohol analysis discipline or subdiscipline by the ASCLD/LAB is sufficient to comply with the proficiency testing requirements. Under existing law, the department is required to establish a review committee to review the regulations and determine revisions that will limit those regulations to those that the review committee determines are reasonably necessary to ensure the competence of the laboratories and employees to prepare, analyze, and report the results of the tests and comply with applicable laws and to submit a summary of revisions to the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would require the review committee to submit its report by December 31, 2010.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.

  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2892.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2016.)

  9. Read second time. To third reading.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  13. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 8).

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1553.)

  19. From Consent Calendar. To third reading.

  20. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6).

  22. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21).

  23. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  24. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  25. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Hall · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hall

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 599 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 82003
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 88003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Not Voting
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Eng — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Bass — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB599 Hall By Strickland

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35003
Democratic 1001
Republican 1000
Total 37004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Ashburn — Not Voting
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Republican 1000
Total 11001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Leno — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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AB 599 HALL Assembly Third Reading

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 80004
Democratic 5000
Republican 3000
Total 88004
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
Saldana — Not Voting
Eng — Not Voting
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nava — Yea
Bass — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19004
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 22004
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Nava — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
De — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Torre — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Ammiano — Yea
Carter — Yea
Conway — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Adams — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 599 do?
Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health regulates laboratories engaged in the performance of forensic alcohol analysis tests by or for law enforcement agencies on blood, urine, tissue, or breath for the purpose of determining the concentration of ethyl alcohol in persons involved in traffic accidents or in traffic violations. Existing law requires these laboratories to comply with American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) guidelines for proficiency testing. This bill would provide that, until the effective date of specified regulatory changes, accreditation in the forensic alcohol analysis discipline or subdiscipline by the ASCLD/LAB is sufficient to comply with the proficiency testing requirements. Under existing law, the department is required to establish a review committee to review the regulations and determine revisions that will limit those regulations to those that the review committee determines are reasonably necessary to ensure the competence of the laboratories and employees to prepare, analyze, and report the results of the tests and comply with applicable laws and to submit a summary of revisions to the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would require the review committee to submit its report by December 31, 2010.
Who sponsors AB 599?
AB 599 is sponsored by Hall.
What is the current status of AB 599?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 599?
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