Policies / Policy record
AB 1798 — Genetic testing for life and disability insurance
California · California · SIGNED / ENACTED
Purpose
Regulates how life and disability insurers use genetic characteristics and genetic-test results in underwriting, including protections for asymptomatic genetic risk and carrier-status information under the law’s terms.
Official summary
The official California Legislative Information record states that AB 1798 prohibits specified life and disability insurer actions based on genetic characteristics, restricts requests and uses of genetic information for insurance purposes, and prohibits use or disclosure of a full genome.
ALS and gene-carrier relevance
Included because the official bill directly addresses genetic testing, asymptomatic genetic characteristics, carrier status, and life/disability insurance underwriting.
Policy scope and insurance types
- Policy scope
- Predictive genetic testing, Life insurance, Disability insurance, Disability-income insurance, Underwriting
- Genetic policy scope
- Not stated
- Insurance types affected
- Life, Disability, Disability Income
- Policy type
- Bill
- Record type
- Current Bill
- Time status
- Current
- Verification
- Verified
- Discovered from
- Official Legislature
- Status detail
- Approved by the Governor on 09-30-2026 and chaptered as Chapter 897, Statutes of 2026; effective 01-01-2027.
- Companion bills
- Not stated
- Derived from bill
- Not stated
- Codified as
- Not stated
Jurisdiction and session
- Jurisdiction
- California · California
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Topics
- genetic discrimination, genetic testing, genetic privacy, life insurance, disability insurance
- Bill / act number
- AB 1798 · Chapter 897, Statutes of 2026
- Introduced
- 02-10-2026
- Last action
- 09-30-2026
- Passed House / Assembly
- 05-27-2026
- Passed Senate
- 08-27-2026
- Governor action
- 09-30-2026
- Approved / enacted
- 09-30-2026
- Effective
- 01-01-2027
- Vetoed
- Not stated
Sponsors, cosponsors, and committees
Sponsors
- Assembly Member Lori Wilson
Cosponsors
- Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan and McKinnor
Committees
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Legislative support and votes
Vote history
No verified names recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified organization support
No verified organization support recorded in this policy snapshot.
Verified opposition
No verified organization opposition recorded in this policy snapshot.
Historical timeline
Introduced in the California Assembly.
Passed the Assembly and sent to the Senate.
Passed the Senate.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor.
Approved by the Governor and chaptered as Chapter 897, Statutes of 2026.
Effective.
Official text and source links
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Last verified: 09-30-2026
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