California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 D cosponsors

AB 2833 — COVID-19 testing capacity.

Last action — Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to examine the causes of communicable diseases occurring, or likely to occur, in the state and sets forth the department's duties for disease inspection and reporting, including through state and local public health laboratories. Existing law requires the department and the Office of Emergency Services to establish a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile, upon appropriation and as necessary, with PPE-related guidelines established for a pandemic or other health emergency. Existing law sets forth various provisions specific to COVID-19 testing, including, among others, provisions relating to health care coverage for testing and certain programs or requirements for the workplace or educational setting. This bill would require the department to make plans to ensure that the laboratory infrastructure in the state is sufficient and prepared for COVID-19 testing capacity to be scaled, within a period of 2 calendar weeks, to 500,000 tests per day, and for results of at least 90% of those COVID-19 tests to be returned to the individuals tested and to the department within 24 hours of collection of the testing samples. The bill would require the department, for purposes of making these plans, to prioritize local public health laboratories and the state laboratory and to consider sufficient staffing. The bill would authorize the department to make plans to use the laboratory infrastructure for public health applications other than COVID-19 testing, as the department deems reasonable and appropriate based on the circumstances, including, but not limited to, testing for other specified infections, so long as that testing is otherwise authorized under law and the laboratory infrastructure continues to meet the above-described COVID-19 testing conditions.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  3. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4874.)

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).

  6. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  7. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Read second time and amended.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26).

  10. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  12. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  13. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  14. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 2833 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27003
Unaffiliated 37002
Republican 9000
Total 73005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Levine — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Not Voting
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Democratic 7000
Republican 2000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 14001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Luz Rivas — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2833 do?
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to examine the causes of communicable diseases occurring, or likely to occur, in the state and sets forth the department's duties for disease inspection and reporting, including through state and local public health laboratories. Existing law requires the department and the Office of Emergency Services to establish a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile, upon appropriation and as necessary, with PPE-related guidelines established for a pandemic or other health emergency. Existing law sets forth various provisions specific to COVID-19 testing, including, among others, provisions relating to health care coverage for testing and certain programs or requirements for the workplace or educational setting. This bill would require the department to make plans to ensure that the laboratory infrastructure in the state is sufficient and prepared for COVID-19 testing capacity to be scaled, within a period of 2 calendar weeks, to 500,000 tests per day, and for results of at least 90% of those COVID-19 tests to be returned to the individuals tested and to the department within 24 hours of collection of the testing samples. The bill would require the department, for purposes of making these plans, to prioritize local public health laboratories and the state laboratory and to consider sufficient staffing. The bill would authorize the department to make plans to use the laboratory infrastructure for public health applications other than COVID-19 testing, as the department deems reasonable and appropriate based on the circumstances, including, but not limited to, testing for other specified infections, so long as that testing is otherwise authorized under law and the laboratory infrastructure continues to meet the above-described COVID-19 testing conditions.
Who sponsors AB 2833?
AB 2833 is sponsored by Irwin, Jacqui (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2833?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 2833?
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