California 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 269 — Public health: COVID-19 testing and dispensing sites.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (Democratic) on March 03, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or extreme peril to persons or property, including epidemics. Pursuant to this authority, on March 4, 2020, the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and ordered, among other things, that the certification and licensure requirements as specified in statute and regulation be suspended to all persons who meet the requirements under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for high complexity testing and who are performing analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any certified public health laboratory or licensed clinical laboratory, and that the California Health and Human Services Agency is required to identify and make available medical facilities and other facilities that are suitable for use as medical facilities as necessary for treating individuals who test positive for COVID-19. This bill would authorize a person to perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2 in a clinical laboratory or a city, county, or city and county public health laboratory if they meet the requirements under CLIA for high complexity testing. The bill would, until January 1, 2024, authorize an entity contracted with and approved by the State Department of Public Health to operate a designated COVID-19 testing and dispensing site to acquire, dispense, and store COVID-19 oral therapeutics, as defined, at or from a designated site. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 281.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (February 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.

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

  11. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 402.).

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (February 15).

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (February 14). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

  17. (pending re-refer to Com. on HEALTH)

  18. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 283.)

  19. Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 283.)

  20. Art. IV, Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 282.)

  21. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  23. Read first time. 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)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB269 Berman By Limón Urgency Clause

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8003
Democratic 20002
Republican 6001
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Roth — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Newman — Yea
Min — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wilk — Not Voting
Portantino — Not Voting
Dodd — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Ashby, Angelique V. Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S. Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Menjivar, Caroline Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Rubio, Susan Democratic Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wahab, Aisha Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 5001
Unaffiliated 3002
Republican 2000
Total 10003
% of votes cast 77%0%0%23%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Roth — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Glazer — Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Ashby, Angelique V. Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola Democratic Yea
Wahab, Aisha Democratic Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 269 Berman Third Reading Urgency

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18003
Democratic 39007
Republican 12001
Total 690011
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Villapudua — Yea
Boerner Horvath — Yea
Ting — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Low — Yea
Wood — Yea
Essayli — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Holden — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Vince Fong — Not Voting
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Addis, Dawn Democratic Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bains, Jasmeet Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Connolly, Damon Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Haney, Matt Democratic Yea
Hart, Gregg Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Ortega, Liz Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Papan, Diane Democratic Yea
Pellerin, Gail 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
Schiavo, Pilar Democratic Yea
Soria, Esmeralda Democratic Yea
Valencia, Avelino Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Wilson, Lori D. Democratic Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez Democratic Yea
Alanis, Juan Republican Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Dixon, Diane Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Hoover, Josh Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea
Sanchez, Kate Republican Yea
Ta, Tri Republican Yea
Wallis, Greg Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1001
Unaffiliated 7003
Democratic 3000
Total 11004
% of votes cast 73%0%0%27%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Wood — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Boerner Horvath — Yea
Villapudua — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Santiago — Not Voting
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12000
Unaffiliated 3000
Republican 2002
Total 17002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Ting — Yea
Essayli — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Alvarez, David Democratic Yea
Bains, Jasmeet Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
McKinnor, Tina Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Alanis, Juan Republican Not Voting
Dixon, Diane Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 269 do?
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or extreme peril to persons or property, including epidemics. Pursuant to this authority, on March 4, 2020, the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and ordered, among other things, that the certification and licensure requirements as specified in statute and regulation be suspended to all persons who meet the requirements under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for high complexity testing and who are performing analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any certified public health laboratory or licensed clinical laboratory, and that the California Health and Human Services Agency is required to identify and make available medical facilities and other facilities that are suitable for use as medical facilities as necessary for treating individuals who test positive for COVID-19. This bill would authorize a person to perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2 in a clinical laboratory or a city, county, or city and county public health laboratory if they meet the requirements under CLIA for high complexity testing. The bill would, until January 1, 2024, authorize an entity contracted with and approved by the State Department of Public Health to operate a designated COVID-19 testing and dispensing site to acquire, dispense, and store COVID-19 oral therapeutics, as defined, at or from a designated site. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 269?
AB 269 is sponsored by Berman, Marc (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 269?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2023. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 269?
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