California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

AB 70 — Gene synthesis providers.

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

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Summary

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish an advisory committee to advise the Legislature and the Governor on human cloning and other issues relating to human biotechnology. This bill would require the department to develop a process, with input from the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) and industry stakeholders, to verify that gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment adhere to customer and sequence screening protocols that are equivalent to, or stronger than, the IGSC's Harmonized Screening Protocol. Beginning January 1, 2025, the bill would require a gene synthesis provider and manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment operating in California to be a current member of the IGSC or verified by the department as adhering to the prescribed proper screening protocols. The bill would, beginning January 1, 2022, authorize the department to charge a fee in an amount not to exceed the department's reasonable costs to establish and administer the verification process, as specified. The bill would also require, beginning January 1, 2025, any entity that is the recipient of state resources to purchase gene synthesis products from a gene synthesis provider, and gene synthesis equipment from a manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment, only if they are a current member of the IGSC or verified by the department, as specified. The bill would impose specified penalties on gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment for failure to comply with those requirements, and would require the department to develop an appeals process to address appeals on the imposition of those penalties.

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 presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2825.).

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2339.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26).

  11. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 7).

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

  16. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 1748.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 20).

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

  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Read second time and amended.

  25. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6).

  26. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Salas

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 70 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 67 Yea · 0 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36008
Democratic 24003
Republican 7002
Total 670013
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Voepel — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Levine — Not Voting
Bloom — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Rendon — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Not Voting
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
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 Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB70 Salas et al. By Pan

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2002
Unaffiliated 21002
Democratic 12001
Total 35005
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Min — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 3001
Republican 0001
Total 5002
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2001
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 0001
Total 9002
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roth — Yea
Pan — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting

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AB 70 Salas Assembly Third Reading

Passed 72 Yea · 2 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27100
Unaffiliated 38003
Republican 7102
Total 72205
% of votes cast 91%3%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Wood — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Levine — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
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 Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 6000
Republican 0002
Total 13003
% of votes cast 81%0%0%19%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Not Voting

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Wood — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Burke — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 70 do?
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish an advisory committee to advise the Legislature and the Governor on human cloning and other issues relating to human biotechnology. This bill would require the department to develop a process, with input from the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC) and industry stakeholders, to verify that gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment adhere to customer and sequence screening protocols that are equivalent to, or stronger than, the IGSC's Harmonized Screening Protocol. Beginning January 1, 2025, the bill would require a gene synthesis provider and manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment operating in California to be a current member of the IGSC or verified by the department as adhering to the prescribed proper screening protocols. The bill would, beginning January 1, 2022, authorize the department to charge a fee in an amount not to exceed the department's reasonable costs to establish and administer the verification process, as specified. The bill would also require, beginning January 1, 2025, any entity that is the recipient of state resources to purchase gene synthesis products from a gene synthesis provider, and gene synthesis equipment from a manufacturer of gene synthesis equipment, only if they are a current member of the IGSC or verified by the department, as specified. The bill would impose specified penalties on gene synthesis providers and manufacturers of gene synthesis equipment for failure to comply with those requirements, and would require the department to develop an appeals process to address appeals on the imposition of those penalties.
Who sponsors AB 70?
AB 70 is sponsored by Salas and Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 70?
This bill died with 2021-2022 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 70?
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